The Board denied service connection for dry mouth, allergies, and increased ratings for BPPV, chronic constipation, right hip degenerative joint disease, and right knee degenerative arthritis. The claims for erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, and tailbone pain were remanded.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of dry mouth or allergies, and the Veteran's symptoms do not warrant a higher rating for BPPV, chronic constipation, right hip degenerative joint disease, and right knee degenerative arthritis. The claims for erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, and tailbone pain were remanded for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- dry mouth, allergies, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), chronic constipation, right hip degenerative joint disease, right knee degenerative arthritis with limitation of flexion, right knee degenerative arthritis with instability, right knee degenerative arthritis with limitation of extension, erectile dysfunction, to include as secondary to medications taken for service-connected right knee disabilities, migraine headaches, to include as secondary to service-connected chronic constipation, tailbone pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25025712
What this means for you
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