The Veteran's service connection for a psychiatric disorder and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities is granted as secondary to his service-connected multiple myeloma.,Service connection for right ear hearing loss is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a current right ear hearing loss disability for VA purposes, and there is no indication that any worsening of the Veteran's right ear hearing loss would meet the criteria for a hearing loss disability as recognized under 38 C.F.R. § 3.385.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder (MDD and Adjustment Disorder), Peripheral Neuropathy of Bilateral Upper and Lower Extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2018
- Citation
- 18148993
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including traumatic brain injury, tension headaches, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus type II, vascular dementia, and peripheral neuropathy of bilateral upper and lower extremities, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted the TDIU based on these combined disabilities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for PTSD, delusional disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and various other conditions are granted. Service connection is also granted for diabetes mellitus due to herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities did not have its onset in service or is otherwise associated with service, and the evidence does not show it is related to or aggravated by any service-connected disability.
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