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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for hypertension, fibromyalgia, and vertigo. The decision found that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or a service-connected disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a cervical spine disorder, finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not related to his active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various hip and lower extremity disorders, including as secondary to a lumbar spine disorder. The case is being returned to the AOJ for further action.
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