Partly granted
The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and denied claims for right ankle calcaneal enthesopathy and left ankle calcaneal enthesopathy. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current disabilities began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, right ankle calcaneal enthesopathy, left ankle calcaneal enthesopathy, left hip condition, right hip condition, right knee condition; limitation of flexion, left knee condition; limitation of extension, left hamstring, thigh condition, right hamstring, thigh condition, left foot and heel condition, right foot and heel condition, lumbar spine condition, radiculopathy, left lower extremity, sciatic nerve, radiculopathy, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105529
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