Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and hypotension were denied. Other issues related to various disabilities were dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Board found no evidence of current disability related to active service for the claimed conditions, and other claims were already decided in a previous appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, hypotension, skin disability, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with herniated disc, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, disability manifested by chest pain, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, disability manifested by vitamin deficiency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25000135
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