Denied
The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability or that any of the disabilities were related to active duty.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of a current disability, and there was no credible evidence linking the claimed disabilities to the Veteran's period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, left knee instability, right knee instability, left wrist sprain, right wrist sprain, spinal arthritis, gout of the feet, left hammer toe, right hammer toe, sleep apnea, asthma, diabetes, bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25106088
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