The Board granted service connection for several disabilities, including acquired psychiatric disability and insomnia, but denied service connection for liver disease and other conditions. It also granted increased ratings for foot disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence supporting a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and the claimed conditions, as well as the effective date of the informal claim submitted in 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the left foot with plantar keratosis and bone spurs (left foot disability), degenerative arthritis of the right foot with plantar keratosis and bone spurs (right foot disability), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, acquired psychiatric disability, separately claimed as depression and anxiety, insomnia, low back disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, hypertension, hepatitis C, liver disease, right ankle disability, hepatitis A, hepatitis B
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23000365
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 21, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypertension.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins, lumbar spine disability, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis, ankle arthritis, knee strain, knee replacement, and hand arthritis. The only condition granted was a 10 percent rating for a fracture of the right proximal first metacarpal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
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