Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and granted an initial rating of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain, effective October 20, 2022. The claims for left ear hearing loss and a respiratory disability were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish the presence of a current right ear hearing loss disability as defined by VA standards, while the Veteran's lumbosacral strain was found to be manifested by favorable ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss, right ear, Lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018281
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