The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, including allergic rhinitis, psychiatric disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, and others, based on the Veteran's presence in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
The deciding factor: The most persuasive evidence of record during the evidentiary window for consideration weighs against a conclusion that the Veteran has a current disability due to service.
- Claimed conditions
- allergic rhinitis, acquired psychiatric disorder to include anxiety, depression, insomnia/sleep disturbance, and memory loss, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hemorrhoids, hypertension, irritable colon/bowel syndrome, migraine headaches, sinusitis, low back disability, sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25006249
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (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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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
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