The Board denied service connection for a vitamin B12 deficiency, finding that it is not a disability for VA compensation purposes.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show functional impairment of earning capacity or an underlying disability related to the vitamin B12 deficiency.
- Claimed conditions
- vitamin B12 deficiency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25010165
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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