Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for service connection for headaches, chronic neck pain, mental health disorder, and temporomandibular joint disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of a nexus between the Veteran's current disabilities and their military service. A VA examination was required to determine the etiology of these conditions but was not conducted.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, headaches, chronic neck pain, mental health disorder, temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109010
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