Service connection for hearing loss is denied due to lack of in-service event or injury causally connected to current condition.,The Veteran's right knee disability is rated at 10% based on limitation of flexion, with no additional limitation after repetitive use testing.,A new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for low back disability.
The deciding factor: For hearing loss, there was no in-service event or injury causally connected to current condition. For right knee disability, the Veteran's flexion is limited to 130 degrees with no additional limitation after repetitive use testing.,The petition to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for low back disability has been granted due to new and material evidence received.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss, Right Knee Disability, Low Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100698
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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal in September 2025, stating that she is now 100% permanently and totally disabled effective April 29, 2025.
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