Denied
The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence to support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions had their onset during service, were caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability, or otherwise related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, to include depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hypertension, vertigo, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), headaches, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, bilateral foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25109475
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