DeniedPACT Act
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence of a chronic disability that meets the criteria for service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317 or direct service connection.
The deciding factor: The headaches did not meet the criteria for a higher rating as they were not productive of severe economic inadaptability, and the joint pain, fatigue, OSA, and hypertension were not shown to be related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches, joint pain, fatigue, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25013434
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