The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, bilateral hearing loss, and hypertension. The claims for other conditions were either denied or remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on new evidence that met the criteria to reopen the claims for a low back disability, bilateral hearing loss, and hypertension, while other claims lacked sufficient evidence or were not appropriate for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, kidney disability, low back disability, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, bilateral eye cataracts (secondary to hypertension), right knee disability, TBI residuals, nervous condition, seizure disability, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001622
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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