The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied service connection for a skin condition, to include as secondary to a right knee injury and right leg disorder, including varicose veins. The claims for headaches and right eye pain were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in approximate balance that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to his military service, but there was no credible evidence of a relationship between the skin condition and either service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Skin condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24062477
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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