Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a left ankle disability and denied service connection for hearing loss, with the acquired psychiatric disorder remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The April 2022 VA examiner's opinion supported the claim for a left ankle disability, while there was no evidence of current hearing loss to an extent recognized as a disability for VA purposes. The Board also noted that the Veteran had not been afforded a VA examination for his acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle disability, hearing loss, acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021406
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