Denied
The Board denied service connection for pain in the right ankle, left ankle, left knee, right knee, and right hip as there was no evidence of a current disability. The appeal for treatment purposes for depression with anxiety, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and PTSD was also denied due to untimeliness.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current disability, either by diagnosis or impairment of earning capacity, and the NODs were received more than one year after the December 2020 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- pain in right ankle, pain in left ankle, pain in left knee, pain in right knee, right hip pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094056
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