Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions and a higher rating for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record during the evidentiary window weighs against a conclusion that the Veteran has a current disability due to these conditions that was incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- back disorder, residuals of a broken nose, head injury, right knee disability, left knee disability, neck disability, right wrist disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25000950
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