Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including various musculoskeletal conditions and mental health disorders.
The deciding factor: The favorable findings by the AOJ, along with the January 2025 private provider's opinion, established a link between the Veteran's claimed disabilities and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar strain, chronic low back pain, lumbago, chronic cervical spine pain, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder, degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder, degenerative joint disease of the bilateral hips, degenerative joint disease of the right hip, degenerative joint disease of the left hip, degenerative joint disease of the right knee, degenerative joint disease of the left ankle, degenerative joint disease of the right ankle, generalized anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, memory disorder, vertigo, chronic atrial fibrillation status post pacemaker, hypertensive cardiovascular disease (claimed as hypertension), chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, bilateral dry eye syndrome, diabetic retinopathy, left upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097936
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