The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings or service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were found to cause occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, but not total occupational and social impairment. The evidence also failed to establish a current diagnosis for several claimed conditions, and those that were diagnosed were not shown to be related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with alcohol use disorder, migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), chronic frontal sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, back disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, neurogenic erectile dysfunction/loss of use of reproductive organ, respiratory disorder, right hand tremors, left hand tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25058063
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Granted
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