The Board granted service connection for vitiligo and gastrointestinal disability, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, right hand disability, left hand disability, and other knee and ankle disabilities. The decision also addressed the rating of PTSD.

The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran regarding certain conditions, including vitiligo and gastrointestinal issues, due to their presumptive or direct service connection status, while denying claims where the evidence did not support a finding of service connection.

Claimed conditions

vitiligo, bilateral hearing loss, gastrointestinal disability (claimed as bowel issues and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)), erectile dysfunction (ED), right hand disability (claimed as right hand condition), left hand disability (claimed as left hand condition), right knee disability to include right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee disability to include left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, right ankle disability to include right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, left ankle disability to include left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 3, 2025

Citation

A25103757

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