Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, as the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was in receipt of the maximum schedular rating available for his right hand pain disabilities, and there was no current diagnosis of bilateral hearing loss for VA compensation purposes during the pendency of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand pain (index finger), right hand pain (long finger), right hand pain (ring finger), right hand pain (little finger), bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110952
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