The Board denied the appeal, affirming the severance of service connection for various conditions due to clear and unmistakable errors in the prior decision.

The deciding factor: The errors in the May 2019 adjudicator's findings were undebatable and manifestly changed the outcome of the prior decision, leading to the proper severance of service connection.

Claimed conditions

Hypertension, Meniscal tear with degenerative arthritis of the left knee, Type II diabetes mellitus, Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity (femoral nerve), Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity (sciatic nerve), Peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity (femoral nerve), Peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity (sciatic nerve), Obstructive sleep apnea with periodic leg movement, Mallet finger of the right 4th digit (ring finger), Spinal stenosis with degenerative disc disease and anterolisthesis at L3-4 and facet osteoarthritis

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 14, 2025

Citation

A25088357

Want to see how appeals like this one tend to go? Appeals like mine