The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as there was no credible evidence of an in-service stressor and the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's psychiatric disabilities were related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's reported in-service event unverified and his credibility damaged by the absence of documentation for the claimed incident, as well as changes in performance noted shortly after enlistment without prior reports of psychiatric symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25104122
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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