Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and type 2 diabetes mellitus, while denying service connection for shin splints, left lower extremity, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and right eye vision loss.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a direct link between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current bilateral hearing loss. For type 2 diabetes mellitus, it was found that the condition is proximately due to the service-connected obstructive sleep apnea with obesity serving as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Shin splints, left lower extremity, Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, Right eye vision loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25001657
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