The appeal was denied for compensation under the provision of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for recurrent lymphadenopathy, and remanded for further development on other service connection claims.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no evidence of a current disability related to VA treatment or an event not reasonably foreseeable during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent lymphadenopathy, Recurrent headache disability, Recurrent bilateral eye disability (meibomian gland dysfunction, racial melanosis), Recurrent right foot disability (Morton's disease, plantar fasciitis, other than pes planus), Recurrent left foot disability (Morton's disease, plantar fasciitis, other than pes planus), Recurrent urinary disability (urinary tract infections)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25002158
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 918 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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