The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were found to be insufficient to warrant a higher rating or establish service connection due to their lack of severity, frequency, and duration as required by the rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, bilateral hearing loss, back disability, diarrhea, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, respiratory disability, sinus disability, allergy disability, skin disability, GERD, vertigo, left lower extremity nerve disability, right lower extremity nerve disability, jaw disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25102585
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 141 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
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