The Board granted a 30 percent rating for headaches with auras and a 10 percent rating for temporomandibular joint disorders, unspecified. Service connection was denied for various conditions including disabilities causing numbness, hearing loss, hip and spine issues, chest pain, dizziness, erectile dysfunction, psychiatric disorder, wrist disability, shortness of breath, ankle and eye pain, and sleep apnea.

The deciding factor: The evidence supported the presence of headaches with auras and temporomandibular joint disorders, but not for other claimed conditions. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities were rated based on their severity and impact on daily functioning.

Claimed conditions

headaches with auras, temporomandibular joint disorders, unspecified, pseudofolliculitis barbae, right shoulder impingement syndrome, rotator cuff tear, and labral tear, scars, left lower extremity, scars, left upper extremity, scars, right upper extremity, disability causing right hand and finger numbness, disability causing left hand and finger numbness, bilateral hearing loss, left hip disability, right hip disability, thoracolumbar spine (mid and lower back) disability, disability causing chest pain and tightness with palpitations, disability causing dizziness, erectile dysfunction, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), right wrist disability, disability causing shortness of breath, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, bilateral eye pain disability, sleep apnea

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 15, 2025

Citation

A25107979

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