The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins, lumbar spine disability, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis, ankle arthritis, knee strain, knee replacement, and hand arthritis. The only condition granted was a 10 percent rating for a fracture of the right proximal first metacarpal.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions were related to service or secondary to a service-connected disability.

Claimed conditions

prostate cancer, urinary incontinence or loss of bladder control, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins of the bilateral legs, lumbar spine disability, left hip arthritis, right hip arthritis, left shoulder arthritis, right shoulder arthritis, left ankle arthritis, right ankle arthritis, left knee strain, claimed as left knee arthritis, right knee replacement, claimed as right knee arthritis, left hand arthritis

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

10%

Decision date

December 31, 2025

Citation

A25111237

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