The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for anxiety disorder and denied service connection for hearing loss. The claims for service connection for GERD, right ankle limitations, and sinusitis were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for anxiety disorder was dismissed as it is covered under a grant of service connection for PTSD with alcohol use disorder. Hearing loss was denied due to the lack of evidence showing a current disability for VA purposes. The claims for GERD, right ankle limitations, and sinusitis were remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, hearing loss, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), right ankle limitations, sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110510
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