The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and remanded the claim for idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH) to include skin conditions.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's right ear hearing loss was etiologically related to his in-service noise exposure, while other claims were not supported by evidence of a causal relationship with service or toxin exposure.

Claimed conditions

right ear hearing loss, left knee strain, lumbosacral strain (claimed as lumbar spine condition), right shoulder strain, diabetes mellitus, type II, right elbow muscle pain associated with medial epicondylitis (claimed as right elbow condition), urinary frequency associated with urinary urgency, left lower extremity neuropathy, to include sciatic nerve impairment, left lower extremity neuropathy, to include anterior crural nerve impairment, left lower extremity neuropathy, to include external cutaneous nerve impairment, left lower extremity neuropathy, to include ilio-inguinal nerve impairment, left lower extremity neuropathy, to include obturator nerve impairment, left upper extremity neuropathy, to include radial nerve impairment, right lower extremity neuropathy, to include sciatic nerve impairment, right lower extremity neuropathy, to include anterior crural nerve impairment, right lower extremity neuropathy, to include external cutaneous nerve impairment, right lower extremity neuropathy, to include ilio-inguinal nerve impairment, right lower extremity neuropathy, to include obturator nerve impairment, right upper extremity neuropathy, to include radial nerve impairment, vestibular disability, to include vertigo

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

April 9, 2025

Citation

A25032792