Dismissed
The Board dismissed all claims for service connection and denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for certain conditions, and there was no sufficient informal claim for service connection prior to October 6, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disability, back disability, peripheral neuropathy of left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of right lower extremity, temporomandibular jaw (TMJ) disability, teeth grinding, left hip disability, secondary to back disability, right hip disability, secondary to back disability, gait problems, secondary to back disability, hearing loss disability, Hepatitis C, headaches or migraines
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25014508
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