The Board granted service connection for a skin disability but denied service connection for depression, anxiety, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, diabetes mellitus, hemorrhoids, diverticular disease, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, gallbladder issues, hernia, and residual scar from right inguinal hernia repair.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of service connection for the claimed conditions other than the skin disability due to lack of in-service onset or post-service continuity of symptoms, and the absence of a nexus between the disabilities and service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability, depression, to include as secondary to skin disability, anxiety, to include as secondary to skin disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, diabetes mellitus, hemorrhoids, diverticular disability, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, gall bladder disability, hernia, residual scar from right inguinal hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24069868
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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