The Board granted service connection for a restrictive airway disease with mild intermittent asthma and asthma, reopened the claim for bilateral hearing loss but denied it, and denied service connection for headaches and bilateral flat feet.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on new evidence of asthma diagnosis, presumptive service connection under PACT Act for asthma, lack of credible evidence linking bilateral hearing loss to service, and no clear increase in the severity of pre-existing bilateral flat feet during service.
- Claimed conditions
- restrictive airway disease with mild intermittent asthma, asthma, bilateral hearing loss, headaches, bilateral flat feet
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2024
- Citation
- 24001103
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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