Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including residuals of a head injury, bilateral hearing loss, neck disability, gout of the right ankle, unspecified trauma or stress related disorder, tinnitus, and other musculoskeletal issues.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury, bilateral hearing loss, neck disability (claimed as musculoskeletal, neck, upper back, and cervical spine), gout of the right ankle (also claimed as right ankle pain), unspecified trauma or stress related disorder, tinnitus, arthritis of the right knee, arthritis of the left knee, right foot disability, claimed as plantar fasciitis and/or flatfoot with arthritis, left foot disability, claimed as plantar fasciitis and/or flatfoot with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097141
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