The Board denied service connection for pneumonia and remanded the claims for iodine allergy, pilonidal cyst, sulfa allergy, heart disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, and lower and upper extremity disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a nexus between the Veteran's claimed conditions and his military service, including any in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- pneumonia, iodine allergy, pilonidal cyst, sulfa allergy, heart disability, to include atherosclerotic peripheral disease, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, left lower extremity disability, to include complex regional pain syndrome of the left lower extremity, residuals of frostbite, and neuropathy, right lower extremity disability, to include complex regional pain syndrome, residuals of frostbite, and neuropathy, left upper extremity disability, to include complex regional pain syndrome, residuals of frostbite, and neuropathy, right upper extremity disability, to include complex regional pain syndrome, residuals of frostbite, and neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25015173
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Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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