The Board has granted service connection for sensorineural bilateral hearing loss. Service connection is remanded for diabetes mellitus, type II and its associated peripheral neuropathies.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology since service without establishing a nexus to service due to the Veteran's conceded noise exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- sensorineural bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, secondary to DM, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, secondary to DM, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, secondary to DM, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, secondary to DM
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18150003
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for sensorineural bilateral hearing loss prior to July 28, 2025 and a rating in excess of 10 percent thereafter is remanded due to the failure to obtain relevant VA treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for allergic rhinitis, recurrent migraine and prostrating headaches, and sensorineural bilateral hearing loss due to a duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II (DM) and neuropathies of the right lower extremity, left lower extremity, right upper extremity, and left upper extremity due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including tension headaches, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and a bilateral hearing loss disability. The Board also denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's headache disability.
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