The Board denied service connection for a back disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral shoulder disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD), and bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of these conditions during the pendency of the claim or recent to its filing.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the presence of any of the claimed disabilities at any time during the pendency of the claim, and the Veteran's reports were not consistent with how the current disabilities are known to develop.

Claimed conditions

back disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral shoulder disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, bilateral hearing loss

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 21, 2025

Citation

A25016080

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