The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including erectile dysfunction, lumbar spine disability, hip disabilities, restless leg syndrome, hand tremors, deviated septum, hemorrhoids, and bilateral hearing loss, due to a need for additional development of evidence.
The deciding factor: There is no basis to find that any of the nexus opinions provided by Dr. Traficante in the April 2023 private medical examination are adequate to support decisions on the claims, and there was a failure to address whether these claimed disabilities, singly or in combination, are a MUCMI or undiagnosed illness associated with Southwest Asia service.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction, Lumbar Spine Disability, Right Hip Disability, Left Hip Disability, Right Restless Leg Syndrome, Left Restless Leg Syndrome, Right Hand Tremors, Left Hand Tremors, Deviated Septum, Hemorrhoids, Bilateral Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087543
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