The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied. The decision also noted that the Veteran had not appealed his tinnitus rating, a compensable rating for chest scars was denied, and several other issues related to PTSD, right knee strain, and wrist disability were remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be established as diabetes mellitus type 1 is not an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained multisymptom chronic illness (MUCMI), hair loss was not considered a compensable disability for VA purposes, infertility was not shown to be causally related to service, and the Veteran's other conditions were denied based on lack of evidence of in-service onset or continuity.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Hair Loss, Infertility
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21031464
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