The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as generalized anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder. The other claims were denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in relative equipoise regarding the causal relationship between the Veteran's military service and his current acquired psychiatric disorder, but there was no evidence of a current diagnosis of dermatosis or similar disability causing functional impairment of earning capacity, bilateral hearing loss, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy with paresthesia of the left leg, right lower extremity sciatic radicular pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, left knee strain with degenerative arthritis and chondromalacia patella, or lumbosacral strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Alcohol use disorder, Bilateral hearing loss, Dermatosis, Generalized anxiety disorder, Left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy with paresthesia of the left leg, Migraine headaches, Right lower extremity sciatic radicular pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25106109
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 915 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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