Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine disability, and alcohol use disorder but granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral pes planus.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the claim for service connection for the psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine disability, and alcohol use disorder. However, there was credible supporting evidence that tinnitus and bilateral pes planus were related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disorder (persistent depressive disorder), Alcohol use disorder, Bipolar disorder, Insomnia, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Lumbar spine disability (lumbosacral strain, intervertebral disc syndrome, posttraumatic osteoarthritis lumbar spine), Tinnitus, Bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090212
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