The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, depression, and lumbosacral strain with right sciatic irritation. The decision also determined that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for a back disability.
The deciding factor: The medical records did not provide sufficient evidence linking the veteran's current conditions to his period of active service, including hearing loss, depression, and lumbosacral strain with right sciatic irritation. The Board found that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim for a back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, depression, lumbosacral strain with right sciatic irritation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0005193
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