The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as they are not related to active service.

The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that any of the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disabilities, physical disabilities, or other conditions are related to his active service.

Claimed conditions

anxiety, depression, major depressive disorder, right ankle disability, carpal tunnel syndrome of the bilateral wrists, chronic nose bleeds as due to in-service exposure to chemicals, GERD, right hip disability, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, cervical spine disability, bilateral knee disability, TBI, plantar fasciitis, bilateral shoulder disability, lumbosacral spine disability, PTSD, cardiac disability, to include heart palpitations or a heart murmur, as due to an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include anxiety, depression, and major depressive disorder, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension as due to an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include anxiety, depression, and major depressive disorder, bilateral eye disability as due to in-service chemical exposure, migraines as due to a TBI, TMJ dysfunction as due to an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include anxiety, depression, and major depressive disorder, bruxism as due to an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include anxiety, depression, and major depressive disorder

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 20, 2025

Citation

A25100892

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