The Board found that the Veteran's diagnosed disabilities, including multiple myeloma and diabetes mellitus type II, are not related to an undiagnosed illness or a Gulf War syndrome. The VA examiner concluded that these conditions have known etiologies unrelated to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran’s diagnoses were attributable to his pre-existing conditions rather than environmental exposures during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple myeloma, Low back pain from L1-L3 injury, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Neuropathy, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Diabetes mellitus type II, B-12 deficiency, Hypothyroidism, Collapsed vertebra, Obstructive sleep apnea, Obesity, Snoring, Presbyopia, Low back pain, Major depression, Secondary neoplasm of bone, Cervicalgia, Anemia, Cervical spine fusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- A19003136
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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