Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for headaches, GERD, IBS, right ankle condition, anxiety, and depression. It remanded decisions on tinnitus, right index finger, right thumb condition, and scars.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an in-service event, injury, or disease related to the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), right ankle condition, anxiety condition, depression, tinnitus, right index finger (claimed as hand condition), right thumb condition (claimed as hand condition), scar(s)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25006721
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