The Board denied service connection for hair loss and a cyst, finding no evidence of current disabilities related to active service.
The deciding factor: The May 2025 VA examination found the Veteran's hair loss was due to hereditary male pattern baldness with no relation to toxic exposures or deployment stress. For the cyst, there is no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- cyst, hair loss (diagnosed as alopecia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25014387
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Decisions by this judge: 1,990 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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