The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, while dismissing the appeals for low back disability and emphysema. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a finding of tinnitus but not for bilateral hearing loss due to the absence of a current disability. The Board found no further legal or factual errors in the previously granted service connection for low back disability and emphysema, leading to their dismissal. The remaining claims were remanded due to an inadequate duty to assist.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, low back disability (dismissed), emphysema (also claimed as dyspnea and chest pain) (dismissed), hypertension (remanded), indigestion (remanded), acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety or depression (remanded), left elbow disability (remanded), right elbow disability (remanded), left knee disability (remanded), right knee disability (remanded), left wrist disability (remanded), right wrist disability (remanded), pre-diabetes (remanded), right foot or heel disability (remanded)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100417
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Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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