The Board granted compensation and service connection for various conditions, including those under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The deciding factor: The decision was based on the preponderance of evidence showing that the Veteran's additional disabilities were caused by VA treatment and that her weight loss and sleep disturbance were secondary to already service-connected conditions.

Claimed conditions

residuals of destructive bone mass (glomus jugular tumor left side base of skull/ear/neck), vocal cord polyps, right leg sciatic nerve damage and a disorder manifested by numbness of the right lower extremity and foot, left ear hearing loss, numbness of the left side of the head, neck and ear, a scar, left side of head and neck, vertigo, hand tremors, vision loss, weight loss (secondary to service-connected gastritis), sleep disturbance (secondary to service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)), right thigh numbness (moot due to compensation for right leg sciatic nerve damage and a disorder manifested by numbness of the right lower extremity and foot being granted), swelling of the hands, heart disability, to include tachycardia, nosebleeds, lumbar spine disorder, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, cervical spine disorder

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

100%

Decision date

November 14, 2025

Citation

25014016

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