Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left ear hearing loss and remanded claims for lumbar disability, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and tinea versicolor due to missing service treatment records.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current left ear hearing loss disability, and there was insufficient medical evidence to support chronicity or establish a nexus for the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss, lumbar disability (back injury), right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, tinea versicolor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011811
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