The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including APD, respiratory insufficiency, RHL, and cervical and upper extremity radiculopathy, as well as a compensable rating for LHL. The claims were not granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a link between the veteran's current diagnoses and his military service, and there was no current diagnosis of respiratory insufficiency or RHL that met VA criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (APD) to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and persistent depressed mood, Respiratory insufficiency, Right ear hearing loss (RHL), Left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy (LER), Right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy (RER), Thoracic spine strain (TSS), Right shoulder impingement syndrome (RSI), Cervical strain with degenerative arthritis (CSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108463
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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