The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities but remanded the claims for psychiatric disability and sleep disturbances.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran has had any of these disabilities at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim, or that they began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine (neck) disability, shoulder disability, wrist disability, hand disability, to include disability of the thumb and fingers, lumbar spine (back) disability, knee disability, disability manifested by calf pain, ankle disability, foot disability, soft tissue sarcoma or malignant soft tissue tumor of the genitalia, left elbow radial collateral ligament and common extensor tendon sprains with avulsion injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005378
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 835 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
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- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbar spine, left knee, right knee, right wrist, headaches, and sleep disturbances as there is no persuasive evidence of current disabilities during the appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for cervical spine, right shoulder, left knee, and right knee disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions. The VA will obtain additional medical opinions that consider all relevant evidence of record, including the Veteran's lay statements.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and the need for a new examination. The appellant's service connection claim for a foot disability is being reviewed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, requiring additional medical opinions and development.
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