The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between any of the claimed conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The deciding factor: None of the claimed conditions were shown to have onset in service or manifest within the applicable presumptive period, nor were they otherwise etiologically related to an in-service injury or disease.

Claimed conditions

dyslipidemia, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, urinary incontinence, pes planus, diabetes mellitus II, diabetic neuropathy right upper limb, diabetic neuropathy left upper limb, diabetic neuropathy right lower limb, diabetic neuropathy left lower limb, hypertensive cardiovascular disease (high blood pressure), prostate cancer, acquired psychiatric disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, degenerative joint disease right knee, degenerative joint disease right ankle, degenerative joint disease left ankle, degenerative joint disease left foot, degenerative joint disease right foot

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 31, 2025

Citation

A25009259

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