Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic kidney disease, skin condition, erectile dysfunction, hiatal hernia, hypertension, and scleroderma as the evidence did not indicate these conditions were due to the Veteran's time in service or any of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The deciding factor was that the evidence did not support a direct link between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's military service or any service-connected disability, nor did it establish secondary causation through exposure to contaminated water or other risk factors.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal toxicity, skin condition (tinea cruris), erectile dysfunction (ED), hiatal hernia, hypertension, scleroderma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100286
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