Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for lumbosacral strain and bilateral hearing loss, but granted service connection for tinnitus. The claims for right knee strain and left knee strain were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of a causal relationship between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's military service, except for tinnitus which was resolved in favor of the Veteran due to reasonable doubt.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right knee strain, left knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105447
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