The Board granted service connection for a back disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and traumatic brain injury, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 70 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the grant of service connection for the back, knee, and TBI disabilities due to their onset during active service, while the evidence did not support a finding of bilateral hearing loss. The increased rating for PTSD was granted based on occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Back disability, manifesting as pain causing functional loss, Right knee disability, manifesting as pain causing functional loss, Left knee disability, manifesting as pain causing functional loss, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2024
- Citation
- 24000916
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
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the left ear hearing loss and service.
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