The Board denied service connection for residuals of syphilis other than eye disabilities and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran suffers from any additional residuals of syphilis beyond his already service-connected eye disabilities, nor was there sufficient evidence to show that his eye disabilities had prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation during the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of syphilis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25002641
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