The Board granted an effective date of August 29, 2007, for the award of service connection for PTSD and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an increased rating for irritable bowel syndrome.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for PTSD was filed prior to March 24, 2015, and thus was not required to be on a standardized form. The Board found that the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of bilateral hearing loss or a higher rating for IBS.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Bilateral hearing loss, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25022808
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his PTSD is related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) during a period of ACDUTRA.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the left ear hearing loss and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a medical clarification regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected epilepsy has aggravated his bilateral hearing loss.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service acoustic trauma and a rocket blast injury.
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