Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for post-surgical lumbar spine pain.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hearing impairment did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating, while the evidence was insufficient to make a determination on the low back disability claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Post-surgical lumbar spine pain (low back disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106477
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