The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left and right eye dry eyes, cataracts of the left and right eyes, neuropathy of the left lower extremity, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, left renal arteriovenous malformation, aneurysm, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the lumbar spine, recurrent subluxation of the left knee prior to May 13, 2020, left total knee replacement, disability rating in excess of 60 percent from September 1, 2021, forward for left total knee replacement, DJD of the right knee, right knee instability, burns of the bilateral ankles, linear scar of the left knee, post-surgical tender scars of the left knee, and a total disability rating due to unemployability (TDIU) based upon service-connected disabilities prior to June 14, 2019.

The deciding factor: The evidence of record persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran's claimed conditions are causally related to his active service or any in-service injury, event, or disease.

Claimed conditions

left eye dry eye, right eye dry eye, cataracts of the left eye, cataracts of the right eye, neuropathy of the left lower extremity, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, left renal arteriovenous malformation, aneurysm, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the lumbar spine, recurrent subluxation of the left knee prior to May 13, 2020, left total knee replacement, previously rated as post-operative left knee with DJD, disability rating in excess of 60 percent from September 1, 2021, forward for left total knee replacement, disability rating in excess of 10 percent for DJD of the right knee, disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee instability, compensable disability rating for burns of the bilateral ankles, compensable disability rating for linear scar of the left knee, disability in excess of 10 percent for post-surgical tender scars of the left knee, total disability rating due to unemployability (TDIU) based upon service-connected disabilities prior to June 14, 2019

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 17, 2025

Citation

25015039

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