The Veteran's appeal for service connection on the merits is denied for a right torso disability. Service connection is granted for headaches. The appeals for spinal, bilateral tinnitus, hearing loss, and lower extremity disabilities are remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection cannot be established as there is no evidence of current right torso symptoms or disability in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Right Torso Disability","status":"Denied"}, {"condition_name":"Headaches","status":"Granted"}, {"condition_name":"Spinal Disability","status":"Remanded"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Tinnitus","status":"Remanded"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hearing Loss","status":"Remanded"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Lower Extremity Disability","status":"Remanded"}, {"condition_name":"Respiratory Disability","status":"Remanded"}, {"condition_name":"Acquired Psychiatric Disability","status":"Remanded"}
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19164028
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