The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for muscle atrophy as there is no evidence of a current disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the Veteran has had muscle atrophy during the appeal period, and therefore, service connection is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25053936
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,863 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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