The Veteran's low back disability and bilateral hearing loss have been granted service connection. The right hip, left foot, and cervical spine disabilities are remanded for further examination.
The deciding factor: Service connection is established based on the combat presumption due to in-service injury from carrying heavy gear during combat conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Degenerative lumbar spondylosis","location":"lumbar spine"}, {"condition_name":"Rotational levoscoliosis and multilevel hypertrophic facet joints of the lumbar spine","location":"lumbar spine"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral hearing loss","location":"both ears"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19186870
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