The Board granted service connection for periodic leg movements, obstructive airway defect, left hip disorder, right hip disorder, right shoulder disorder, cervical spine disorder, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and cephalalgia (migraines) based on presumptive or direct service connection. The claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep apnea, allergic rhinitis, irritable bowel syndrome, right wrist ganglion cyst, unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder with depressive disorder, and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome were denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's involuntary periodic leg movements and obstructive airway defect are presumed to be service-connected due to exposure to environmental toxins during his service in Southwest Asia. The other conditions are directly linked to active duty service based on the evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- periodic leg movements, obstructive airway defect, left hip disorder, right hip disorder, right shoulder disorder, cervical spine disorder, traumatic brain injury (TBI), cephalalgia (migraines)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25051487
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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