The veteran's left ear hearing loss disability was determined to be related to an injury from a mine explosion in service, while other conditions were denied service connection.
The deciding factor: The deciding factor for the denial of service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy, left above-the-knee amputation and GERD was the lack of probative evidence linking these conditions to active service or Agent Orange exposure. For left ear hearing loss, it was determined that the veteran's current disability is related to an in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- arthralgia, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative arthritis, benign prostatic hypertrophy, depression including as secondary to arthritis, low back disability, neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, left, above-the-knee amputation, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0810318
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,776 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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