Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence linking them to the Veteran's active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that none of the claimed conditions were related to the Veteran's service, and the post-service medical records did not support a link between any condition and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- acid reflux, loss of right kidney due to herbicide exposure, acquired psychiatric disability, originally claimed as anxiety, lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, skeletal arthritis, erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea, hypertension due to herbicide exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105601
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