The Board granted service connection for back impairment, right hip impairment, gastritis, and diabetes (secondary to PTSD), but denied service connection for hypoglycemia and hearing loss. The Veteran was also awarded a 50% rating for pes planus from October 18, 2018, to January 2, 2020.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence supported the grant of service connection for back impairment, right hip impairment, gastritis, and diabetes (secondary to PTSD) based on in-service onset and continuity of symptoms. The denial was due to a lack of credible evidence supporting hypoglycemia or hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- pes planus, back impairment, right hip impairment, gastritis, diabetes, left lower extremity neuropathy (secondary to diabetes), right lower extremity neuropathy (secondary to diabetes), left upper extremity neuropathy (secondary to diabetes), right upper extremity neuropathy (secondary to diabetes), hypoglycemia, hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2024
- Citation
- 24003503
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, hypertension, and various musculoskeletal and skin disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied increased ratings for right shoulder impingement syndrome, hearing loss, painful scar, patellofemoral pain syndromes of the knees, and other conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim for a TDIU.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a left wrist condition was dismissed due to concurrent election of higher-level review. The claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral pes planus, and for service connection for hearing loss, neck strain, and dermatitis were denied.
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