The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and various lower extremity conditions are all granted. The low back condition claim is also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology since service discharge for the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Right Lower Extremity Condition (to include peripheral neuropathy, varicose veins, venous stasis, and tinea changes), Left Lower Extremity Condition (to include peripheral neuropathy, varicose veins, venous stasis, and tinea changes), Residuals of a Bilateral Hand Injury to Include Bilateral Peripheral Neuropathy, Traumatic Brain Injury Residuals (to include headaches and short term memory loss), Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Low Back Condition, Major Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2018
- Citation
- 1806015
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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