The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied due to lack of evidence meeting VA criteria for a disability.,The back disability is remanded for further examination and opinion.,The right lower extremity non-traumatic compartment syndrome is remanded for further evaluation.,The left lower extremity non-traumatic compartment syndrome is also remanded for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: Service connection for tinnitus was granted as the Veteran's reported in-service exposure to artillery exercises and subsequent symptoms are credible, with no evidence of a pre-existing condition or intervening events that would negate service connection.,The Veteran did not meet VA criteria for hearing loss disability during service. The absence of such evidence does not preclude service connection if there is continuity of symptomatology since service.,The back disability was remanded due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the relationship between current symptoms and in-service injury, as well as lack of recent treatment records.,The right lower extremity non-traumatic compartment syndrome was remanded for further evaluation due to inadequate medical rationale provided by the VA examiner.,The left lower extremity non-traumatic compartment syndrome was also remanded for similar reasons.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, back disability, non-traumatic compartment syndrome of the right lower extremity, non-traumatic compartment syndrome of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2023
- Citation
- 23006352
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