The Veteran's claims for hypercholesterolemia, back disability, acquired psychiatric disability, epilepsy, and sleep disorder on substitution basis have all been denied due to lack of evidence supporting a link between these conditions and service.,For the claim for bilateral hearing loss, the Veteran was granted secondary service connection based on his service-connected hearing loss and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions had their onset in service or were otherwise related to service.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss has been granted as secondary to service-connected disabilities (hearing loss and tinnitus).
- Claimed conditions
- hypercholesterolemia, back disability, acquired psychiatric disability (anxiety and depression), epilepsy, sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20002612
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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