United States Federal Circuit

Decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, affirming the Board of Veterans' Appeals' denial of petitioner's claim for disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder is affirmed, as the plain language of section 3.304(f) mandates that a veteran provide credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor in order to establish service connection for PTSD, and the statute's specific requirements take precedents over the general principles related to service connection set forth in section 3.303.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2010
• Published 04/19/2010

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Court

• United States Federal Circuit

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