The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating and service connection for various conditions, including left shoulder disability, erectile dysfunction, poor balance, weight gain, and right shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of entitlement to a higher rating or service connection for the claimed conditions due to insufficient medical evidence indicating current disabilities or a link between the claimed conditions and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder, rotator cuff tendonitis with glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis, erectile dysfunction (claimed as low sex drive), poor balance, weight gain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008667
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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