Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for lower lumbar disability, upper respiratory disability, and bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of a current disability or indication that the claimed disabilities are associated with the Veteran's active service.
- Claimed conditions
- lower lumbar disability, upper respiratory disability, bilateral hearing loss (BHL)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25012487
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