The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for tinnitus, hearing loss, and a back disability. However, there is no competent medical evidence etiologically linking these conditions to military service or any inservice injury. The claim of PTSD was not supported by sufficient evidence in this decision.
The deciding factor: The VA treatment records do not provide clear evidence that the veteran's current psychiatric symptoms are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, hearing loss, back disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0106848
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied increased ratings for right shoulder impingement syndrome, hearing loss, painful scar, patellofemoral pain syndromes of the knees, and other conditions.
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