The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is currently rated as noncompensable. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating.,Service connection for cervical spine condition, lower back condition, pes planus, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are all denied due to lack of current diagnoses or causal relationship to service.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorder) is remanded for further development.

The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a higher rating for the Veteran’s bilateral hearing loss as his audiometric results do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.,Service connection cannot be established for cervical spine condition, lower back condition, pes planus, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to lack of current diagnoses or causal relationship to service. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorder) is remanded as the claim was not fully developed.,The evidence does not support a higher rating for the Veteran’s acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorder).

Claimed conditions

bilateral hearing loss, cervical spine condition, lower back condition, pes planus, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorder)

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

March 7, 2019

Citation

19116656

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