The Veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, skin disorder, and shoulder disabilities were denied. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran's current disabilities began during service or are related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, skin disorder, to include dermatitis, left shoulder bursitis and sprain, rotator cuff capsule, right shoulder bursitis and sprain, rotator cuff capsule, acquired psychiatric disability, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25000281
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,011 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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