The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for osteopenia of various areas, finding no relationship between his conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a link between the Veteran's osteopenia and his military service, including exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- osteopenia of the lumbar spine, osteopenia of the left femoral neck, osteopenia of the right femoral neck, osteopenia of the left total hip, osteopenia of the right total hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105315
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Decisions by this judge: 793 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for osteopenia of the lumbar spine and bilateral hip disabilities was denied. The lumbar spine disability is rated at 20 percent, effective April 26, 2016. Both left and right hip disabilities are rated at 10 percent.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for osteopenia of the left femoral neck has been withdrawn.,The Veteran's appeals for a disability evaluation in excess of 40 percent for service-connected lumbar spine ankylosis with DDD prior to July 25, 2019, and to a disability evaluation in excess of 50 percent thereafter, as well as for a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent for service-connected headache disability, have been withdrawn.,The Veteran's appeal for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities has been withdrawn.,The Veteran's appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to service-connected major depressive disorder and to medications taken to treat service-connected disabilities has been granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's lumbar spine, left hip and right hip osteopenia cases are being remanded for additional examinations to determine the current symptomatology of his disabilities.
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