The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including sinusitis, lung disability, liver disability, kidney disability, sleep apnea, shoulder disabilities, peripheral neuropathy of the extremities, and flatfoot, as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that any of the claimed disabilities were related to an in-service injury or disease, and the Veteran was not entitled to presumptive service connection due to his lack of qualifying service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.

Claimed conditions

Sinusitis, Lung disability, to include pleurisy, Liver disability, Kidney disability, Sleep apnea, Left shoulder disability, to include adhesive capsulitis and arthritis, Right shoulder disability, to include adhesive capsulitis and arthritis, Left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the feet, Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the feet, Left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy of the hands, Right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy of the hands, Left flatfoot, Right flatfoot

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 5, 2025

Citation

A25104886

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