The Board granted service connection for residuals of a left knee replacement and readjudicated the claim for a back disability, while denying increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and PTSD, dismissing TDIU, and remanding claims for other disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's left knee disability is due to his active duty service, but the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss or 70 percent for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a left knee replacement, Bilateral hearing loss, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Back disability, Neck disability, Right knee disability, Bradycardia condition, claimed as pacemaker
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25029562
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
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- Granted
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- 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.
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