The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability at any point during the claims period or shortly prior to the claim being filed.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the presence of a current disability, and the Veteran is not competent to independently render medical diagnoses.

Claimed conditions

bilateral hearing loss, alcohol abuse disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include insomnia, anxiety, depression, and PTSD, burn scars on hands, dental disorders, fatty liver disease, high cholesterol (also claimed as weight gain), right knee disability, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, lower back disability causing pain, disability causing nose bleeds, sinus disability, vision disability

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 17, 2025

Citation

A25099563

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