The Veteran's petition to reopen claims for left knee, bilateral hearing loss, and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities have been granted. The claim for diabetes mellitus has been denied.,The Veteran's hypertension and erectile dysfunction claims are remanded.
The deciding factor: All issues related to service connection were decided based on the evidence provided at the time, with some findings of no nexus between current conditions and service due to lack of in-service diagnosis or exposure. The decision also noted that new evidence did not substantiate diabetes mellitus claims.,The Veteran's hypertension claim requires a VA examination to determine if it had its onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"left knee","diagnosis":"arthritis"}, {"condition_name":"bilateral hearing loss","diagnosis":"not specified in the text provided"}, {"condition_name":"peripheral neuropathy of bilateral upper extremities","diagnosis":"diabetic neuropathy"}, {"condition_name":"peripheral neuropathy of bilateral lower extremities","diagnosis":"diabetic neuropathy"}, {"condition_name":"diabetes mellitus, II","diagnosis":"unspecified in the text provided"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20068349
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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