Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, left elbow sprain, right elbow enthesophyte, left knee strain and enthesophyte, right knee strain, and right leg radiculopathy but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board granted service connection based on the Veteran's credible account of in-service events and the lack of evidence refuting his claims. For the psychiatric disorder, there was insufficient evidence to corroborate the claimed stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine degenerative disc disease (DDD), lumbar spine DDD, left elbow sprain, right elbow enthesophyte, left knee strain and enthesophyte, right knee strain, right leg radiculopathy, acquired psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110290
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