The Board denied service connection for respiratory conditions, bilateral upper extremity conditions, and carpal tunnel syndrome of the upper extremities but granted service connection for night sweats as they are proximately due to a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The July 2024 VA examiners found no nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's active duty service or any service-connected disability, except for night sweats which were found to be related to his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory condition (allergic rhinitis), right upper extremity condition (osteoarthritis of the right hand and right wrist), left upper extremity condition (osteoarthritis of the left hand and left wrist), carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) of the right upper extremity, carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) of the left upper extremity, night sweats
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2025
- Citation
- 25007338
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,934 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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