Denied
The Board denied service connection for irregular heartbeat, psychiatric disability (anxiety disorder and PTSD), prostate disability (prostatitis and benign prostatic hypertrophy), and foot fungus. The appeal as to entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not persuasively support the presence of a current disability or a link between any claimed disabilities and service, including through herbicide exposure under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- Irregular heartbeat (other than hypertensive heart disease), Psychiatric disability (anxiety disorder and PTSD), Prostate disability (prostatitis and benign prostatic hypertrophy), Foot fungus (distorted toe nails)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089449
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