The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including gastrointestinal disability, GERD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, left and right knee strains, hypertension, and chronic sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a causal link between the Veteran's current disabilities and their in-service symptoms, as resolved by reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability manifested by constipation (to include claimed abdominal pain and bloating), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, claimed as pain of lumbar spine, cervical strain, claimed as cervicothoracic pain, left knee strain, claimed as pain of the left knee, right knee strain, claimed as pain of the right knee, hypertension, chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25051329
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and pernicious anemia, and the Board dismissed both appeals.
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