Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the right ankle disability, but remanded claims for service connection for sinusitis and back disability.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA examination did not show a current hearing loss disability as defined by 38 C.F.R. § 3.385, and the Veteran's right ankle disability manifested in no worse than moderate limitation of motion during flare-ups without actual or functional equivalent of ankylosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Right ankle pain (right ankle disability), Sinusitis, Back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110658
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