The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss. Service connection is denied for psychiatric disability, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, left shoulder, right shoulder, left knee, and right knee.,Service connection was not established for a psychiatric disability, sleep apnea, or high blood pressure due to lack of evidence of such conditions during the pendency of the claim. Service connection is granted for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reports of shoulder pain were not supported by objective findings in the VA examination, leading to an inadequate assessment.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disability, Sleep Apnea, High Blood Pressure, Hearing Loss (Bilateral), Tinnitus, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder, Left Knee, Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24077120
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