The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sciatica, left hip and left leg as well as his claim for an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss. The decision found that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims, and that the Veteran's current hearing loss does not warrant a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the submitted evidence was not new and material to reopen the service connection claim for sciatica, left hip and left leg. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating as his pure tone thresholds were within normal limits or less than 50 decibels in all frequencies tested.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatica, left hip, left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1016443
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