The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for plantar fasciitis, right restless leg syndrome, left restless leg syndrome, and sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a current disability of hearing loss for VA purposes. The evidence is insufficient to establish a nexus between her in-service noise exposure and any current hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Plantar fasciitis, Right restless leg syndrome, Left restless leg syndrome, Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24067714
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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