The Veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney/bladder condition was previously denied in August 1985 and is now being reopened. The evidence submitted since the last denial does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.,The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss claim has been denied as there is no current diagnosis or evidence that he currently suffers from this disability.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to reopen the previously denied kidney/bladder condition claim. The submitted evidence does not provide a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim.,The Veteran has not provided sufficient evidence to establish current bilateral hearing loss for VA purposes, as his most recent audiometric test in 2012 did not show any hearing impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney/bladder condition, bilateral hearing loss, recurrent boils, colitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1433049
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
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