The Veteran's service connection claims for various disabilities, including bilateral foot, wrist, ankle, knee, groin injury with residual erectile dysfunction, TBI with headaches, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and bilateral hearing loss disability, have been denied as the evidence does not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active duty service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's STRs do not show any current disabilities related to his claimed conditions. The Veteran has not provided credible evidence of continuity of symptomatology since service and there is no medical opinion linking any current disability to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Foot Disability, Bilateral Wrist Disability, Bilateral Ankle Disability, Bilateral Knee Disability, Groin Injury with Residual Erectile Dysfunction, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with Headaches, Lumbar Spine Disability, Cervical Spine Disability, Bilateral Hearing Loss Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2023
- Citation
- 23012481
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, finding that these conditions are related to his in-service noise exposure.
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