The Board denied service connection for hypertension, ischemic heart disease, sinusitis, and neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities as they arose during a period of service determined to be under conditions other than honorable. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's period of active military service from March 1964 to September 1967 was characterized as under conditions other than honorable, which is a bar to VA benefits for any disability related to that period of service. The Board also found that the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his second period of service did not warrant service connection due to the same issue with the character of discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, ischemic heart disease, sinusitis, neuropathy of the right upper extremity (RUE), neuropathy of the left upper extremity (LUE), neuropathy of the right lower extremity (RLE), neuropathy of the left lower extremity (LLE)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104456
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