The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral knee, hearing loss, tinnitus, skin rash, and sleep apnea. The Veteran was granted a 20 percent rating for diabetic neuropathy of the femoral nerve in both lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions were incurred in or caused by active service, with the exception of granting a 20 percent rating for diabetic neuropathy of the femoral nerve due to moderate incomplete paralysis.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee condition, left knee condition, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, skin rash, sleep apnea, heart condition (denied in October 2018, reopened and denied again), diabetic neuropathy of the sciatic nerve (right and left lower extremities), diabetic neuropathy of the femoral nerve (right and left lower extremities)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25024179
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