Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as other benefits including total disability based on individual unemployability and special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The schedular ratings adequately contemplate the Veteran's disability picture for his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder, and there was no evidence to support an increase in the rating or an earlier effective date for bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102894
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