The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, a painful scar associated with a hernia disability, right foot pain of the 5th toe, an unspecified lesion, to include as secondary to right foot pain of the 5th toe, a left foot disability, tinnitus, and (residual(s) of) an upper respiratory infection.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not persuasively weigh in favor of finding that any of these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.

Claimed conditions

anxiety and/or depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, painful scar associated with a hernia disability (claimed as hernia condition painful scar), right foot pain of the 5th toe (also claimed as bunions and corn removal), unspecified lesion, to include as secondary to right foot pain of the 5th toe (also claimed as bunions and corn removal), left foot disability (claimed as left foot bunion and corn removal), tinnitus, (residual(s) of) an upper respiratory infection (claimed as chronic bronchitis)

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 21, 2025

Citation

A25016104

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