The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including right hip and foot disorders, bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, stress incontinence (claimed as bladder disorder), left and right lower extremity radiculopathy have been denied. The Veteran did not provide evidence of a current disability for the claimed hearing loss disability.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran has a current bilateral hearing loss disability for VA purposes, as her puretone thresholds were within normal limits bilaterally and she did not have speech recognition scores less than 94 percent. The March 2010 VA examiner concluded that tinnitus was not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disorder, Right foot disorder, Bilateral hearing loss disability, Tinnitus, Stress incontinence (claimed as bladder disorder), Left lower extremity radiculopathy, Right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1443711
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are not related to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for PTSD and dismissed his appeals regarding increased ratings for tinnitus and a right hand disability due to lack of timely filing of Notice of Disagreement.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including GAD, MDD, bruxism, migraines/headaches, tinnitus, hip pain, iliotibial band syndrome, and leg stress fractures. The evidence does not support current diagnoses of these conditions during the appeal period.
- Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of July 10, 2024 for service connection for PTSD, lumbar strain, and left lower extremity radiculopathy.
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