The Board has remanded several issues for further development, including service connection claims for various conditions. The Veteran's hearing loss in the right ear does not meet VA criteria for a disability, thus denying service connection for that condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's auditory thresholds and speech recognition scores do not meet the criteria for a hearing loss disability for VA purposes in the right ear.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss, left elbow tendonitis, right elbow tendonitis, right hand condition (including arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome), left hand condition (including arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome), left ankle condition, right ankle condition, right hip condition, left hip condition, hypertension, left foot condition (including pes planus and gout), right foot condition (including pes planus and gout), right shoulder condition, bilateral leg condition (including muscle spasms, myositis, and radiculopathy), lower back pain, residuals of frostbite in bilateral hands, residuals of frostbite in bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23013403
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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