Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but denied service connection for right and left lower extremity varicose veins as secondary to hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced as to whether the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to service, while the claimed condition of varicose veins is less likely than not proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right lower extremity varicose veins, left lower extremity varicose veins
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108529
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