The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, back disability (lumbar spine), right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy. The issues of a neck condition, left upper extremity nerve condition, and right upper extremity nerve condition were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current disabilities are related to an in-service injury where he fell off a ladder after a hatch was dropped on his head.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Back disability (lumbar spine), Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24002902
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a medical clarification regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected epilepsy has aggravated his bilateral hearing loss.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an effective date of July 31, 2012, for TDIU and October 22, 2012, for service connection of left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service acoustic trauma and a rocket blast injury.
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