The Board has denied service connection for hearing loss in the right ear, psychiatric disability including PTSD, and residuals of cold injury to the feet. The claim for hearing loss in the left ear was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No medical opinion could be provided regarding the etiology of the current right ear hearing loss disability.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss disability in the left ear, psychiatric disability including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), residuals of cold injury to the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0334963
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tinnitus claim is granted, and the hearing loss claims are remanded for further evaluation.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of cold injury to the feet. The decision is mixed as it relates to reopening the claim but does not address the merits of the underlying claim.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied reopening a previously denied service connection claim for residuals of cold injury to the feet due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of cold injury to the feet, including osteoarthritis and neuropathy, was granted. The TDIU issue is pending as it has not been perfected with a substantive appeal.
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