The Board has denied service connection for various conditions, including bladder disability, psychiatric disorders (including PTSD and depression), sleep apnea, varicose veins, liver damage, erectile dysfunction, bilateral bicep disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral ankle disability, low back disability, scar and numbness of the back, right wrist disability, missing tooth due to root canal, eye disability (chronic conjunctivitis), bronchitis, and asthma. The Board found that these conditions are not related to service or were not incurred during honorable service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's period of honorable service was terminated by discharge under dishonorable conditions, which serves as a bar to VA benefits for the dishonorable period of service. Additionally, there is no probative evidence showing current diagnoses for most of the claimed disabilities and insufficient medical opinions linking these conditions to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder disability, psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and depression), sleep apnea, varicose veins, liver damage, erectile dysfunction, bilateral bicep disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral ankle disability, low back disability, scar and numbness of the back, right wrist disability, missing tooth due to root canal, eye disability (chronic conjunctivitis), bronchitis, asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18147126
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What this means for you
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