The Board denied service connection for an adrenal disorder, finding no evidence linking the condition to the Veteran's active military service.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 medical opinion found it less likely than not that the Veteran's benign adrenal nodule was related to his total potential exposure through all applicable military deployments and TERA activities.
- Claimed conditions
- adrenal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100258
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 719 · Granted: 54% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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