The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including right hip disorder, genitourinary disorders, loss of sense of smell, and others, finding no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service or toxic exposure at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that any current condition was present in service or otherwise related to service, including recognized TERA or gonorrhea, or was related to a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip disorder, erectile dysfunction, genitourinary disorder other than erectile dysfunction, to include epididymo-orchitis, loss of sense of smell, nasal disorder, other than loss of smell, cranial nerve dysfunction, other than loss of smell, right knee condition, left knee condition, right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, left ear disorder, other than hearing loss and tinnitus, fibromyalgia, degenerative osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, liver disorder, including hepatitis C and hepatitis non-C, prostatitis, diabetes mellitus, neurogenic bowel, skin disorder, including of the left hand and the left and right forearms, left ankle condition, right ankle condition, right foot disorder, to include pes planus and plantar fasciitis, left foot disorder, to include pes planus and plantar fasciitis, right elbow condition, left elbow condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25001553
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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