The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder condition, low back pain, bilateral knee pain, bilateral ankle condition, and right bicep condition. The Veteran's rhinitis was granted service connection.,Service connection was not established for the Veteran’s hearing loss or tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is no evidence of a current disability with regards to his claim for bilateral hearing loss, and denied it based on the lack of a nexus between active duty service and the claimed disorders.,Service connection was not established as the Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence demonstrating a relationship between his disorders and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder condition, low back pain, bilateral knee pain, bilateral ankle condition, right bicep condition, rhinitis, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19157673
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