Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an earlier effective date or higher rating for tinnitus. It remanded decisions on service connection for hernia and right shoulder disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a nexus between the claimed conditions and service, or that the conditions were incurred or aggravated during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hernia disability (hiatal hernia and inguinal hernia), right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002682
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