Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia in the left and right lower extremities due to a lack of evidence supporting a direct or secondary relationship to military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a current diagnosis of hearing loss for VA purposes, nor was there sufficient evidence linking the Veteran's claimed conditions to her military service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Sciatic radicular pain, paresthesia, left lower extremity, Sciatic radicular pain, paresthesia, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097654
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