The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for PTSD as moot and denied the claim for service connection for osteoporosis. The claims for service connection for hypertension and TDIU based on service-connected disabilities were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a clear distinction between the Veteran's claimed PTSD and his already service-connected schizophrenia, unspecified (previously rated as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood). For osteoporosis, there was no current diagnosis of the condition. The hypertension claim required additional evidence to address whether it qualified as a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, osteoporosis, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109806
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