The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to unverified periods of active duty and missing service treatment records.

The deciding factor: The decision was based on the need to verify the Veteran's periods of active duty and obtain associated service treatment records.

Claimed conditions

chronic fatigue syndrome, erectile dysfunction with loss of use of a reproductive organ, psychiatric disability to include other specified trauma and stressor related disorder; persistent depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder; and somatic symptom disorder with alcohol use disorder, recurrent right knee disability, recurrent left knee disability, recurrent respiratory disability to include respiratory insufficiency, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, recurrent intestinal disability to include diverticulosis, recurrent headache disability to include migraine, recurrent right lower extremity disability to include restless leg syndrome, recurrent left lower extremity disability to include restless leg syndrome, recurrent skin disability to include sunspots

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 5, 2025

Citation

A25105115

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