Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability, hearing loss, OSA, heart disease, and type two diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence to support a link between the Veteran's claimed disabilities and his active-duty service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), heart disease, type two diabetes mellitus (DMII), loss of teeth, to include as secondary to DMII, low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25002183
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