The Board has granted a 20% disability rating for lumbosacral strain from April 13, 2023. The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is not service-connected and the claim remains in appellate status.
The deciding factor: The RO implemented the Board's grant of entitlement to service connection for right ear hearing loss, recharacterized the issue to bilateral hearing loss, and assigned a noncompensable rating effective June 22, 2019. The Veteran's lumbosacral strain disability is now rated at 20% from April 13, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ear hearing loss, Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24018131
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