The Board granted readjudication of claims for service connection based on new and relevant evidence, but denied or remanded several claims.
The deciding factor: The denial was due to the lack of persuasive evidence linking the conditions to service. The remand was necessary for further development of certain claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Anxiety, Depression, Bilateral hearing loss, Heart disability, Hiatal hernia, Tinea pedis, Left hip disability, Right hip disability, Left knee disability, Right knee disability, Left ankle disability, Right ankle disability, Left foot disability, Right foot disability, Prostate disability, Cervical spine disability, Left shoulder disability, Right shoulder disability, Left elbow disability, Right elbow disability, Left wrist disability, Right wrist disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24065657
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic headaches, CFS, dermatosis, bilateral RLS, a lumbar spine disability, and sleep apnea but denied a compensable evaluation for allergic rhinitis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for right and left shoulder disabilities, as the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his PTSD is related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) during a period of ACDUTRA.
- 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.
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