The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability and a bilateral knee disability, both found to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right and left foot disabilities.,Service connection was denied for bilateral hearing loss as there is no current evidence of a hearing loss disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and private medical opinions provided strong evidence that the low back and knee disabilities are related to her service-connected right and left foot disabilities, resulting in secondary service connection.,There was no audiometric data or other diagnostic findings suggesting the Veteran had a current hearing loss disability as defined by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Bilateral knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2023
- Citation
- 23066014
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