The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions but remanded the issues of disability ratings for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively weighs against finding that any of the claimed disabilities are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability other than chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, flatfoot of the right foot, flatfoot of the left foot, musculoskeletal disability of the neck and upper back (cervical spine), musculoskeletal disability of the mid and lower back (thoracolumbar spine), disability of the right hand (claimed as arthritis), disability of the left hand (claimed as arthritis), right ankle disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right elbow disability, right hip disability, right knee disability (claimed as joint pains/muscle pains), right knee strain, left knee disability, penile disability (to include but not limited to erectile dysfunction), peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve (also claimed as sciatica) of his right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve (also claimed as sciatica) of his left lower extremity, sleep apnea, tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005274
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 575 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board has not made a final determination on the claims of service connection for inguinal hernia, PTSD, joint pain, fibromyalgia, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, sleep disorder, IBS, and headaches. The claims are remanded to obtain additional evidence and determine if these conditions are related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disease manifesting within one year after service and concluding that the current disability is not related to his in-service deviated septum.
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