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

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