Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions except bilateral hearing loss, which was remanded. The Veteran's surviving spouse is the appellant.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that all claimed conditions manifested many years after service and there was no indication they were related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee osteoarthritis, diabetes mellitus II, erectile dysfunction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), kidney cancer, congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25008109
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