The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for CAD and PTSD, as well as service connection for bilateral pes planus, have been dismissed. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection for hearing loss, sleep disorder, head condition, right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, chronic low back condition, right hip condition, left hip condition, right knee condition, and left knee condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings for CAD with stable angina and PTSD, as well as service connection for bilateral pes planus in the March 2019 Board hearing. The remaining issues have been remanded for further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Bilateral hearing loss, Sleep disorder, Head condition, Right shoulder condition, Left shoulder condition, Chronic low back condition, Right hip condition, Left hip condition, Right knee condition, Left knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20068969
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his PTSD is related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) during a period of ACDUTRA.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the left ear hearing loss and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a medical clarification regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected epilepsy has aggravated his bilateral hearing loss.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service acoustic trauma and a rocket blast injury.
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