The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and tuberculosis, granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, and granted an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for pulmonary fibrosis.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran had an acquired psychiatric disability or tuberculosis. The Veteran's right ear hearing loss was related to in-service noise exposure, while the earlier effective date for pulmonary fibrosis was granted based on the December 18, 2023 claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, Right ear hearing loss, Tuberculosis, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Arthritis, Diabetes mellitus with complications including left and right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, chronic kidney disease, and pulmonary fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092567
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,113 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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