The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for polio and related radiculopathies, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record persuasively showed that the Veteran's claimed polio condition did not originate during service and was not otherwise etiologically related to service. The left and right lower extremity radiculopathies were also denied as they were not present during active duty or until many years thereafter, and were not related to the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- infectious poliomyelitis (polio), left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099351
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