The Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, status post fusion, was found to be service-connected. However, he does not have a right ear hearing loss disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the current troubles in the lumbar spine are likely related to the service-connected injury, while the audiometric results revealed normal hearing in the right ear.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease, lumbosacral spine, status post fusion, Hearing loss disability, right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0908329
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Decisions by this judge: 2,480 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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