Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial, compensable rating for specific phobia with anxiety and service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's symptoms of specific phobia with anxiety were severe enough to interfere with occupational and social functioning or that he had a current disability of bilateral hearing loss or a lumbar spine disability related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Specific phobia with anxiety, Bilateral hearing loss, Lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019853
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