Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for hearing loss and remanded the claims for lower back strain and sleep condition, to include insomnia disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reported symptoms did not meet the criteria set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 3.385 for a current disability of bilateral hearing loss. For the lower back and sleep conditions, an adequate medical opinion was not provided due to deficiencies in the previous examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss, lower back strain, sleep condition, to include insomnia disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020366
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