Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for OSA, low back disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral plantar fasciitis, left knee pain, right knee pain, posttraumatic residual pain of the cervical and cervicothoracic regions, and radicular pain and paresthesia of the right lower extremity.
The deciding factor: The October 2023 VA examination for hearing loss was inadequate to establish a current diagnosis or nexus. The remaining claims were remanded due to insufficient medical opinions that considered all relevant evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), low back disability, to include lumbosacral strain and posttraumatic pain of lumbar spine, unspecified trauma stressor related disorder with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), bilateral plantar fasciitis, left knee pain, right knee pain, posttraumatic residual pain of the cervical and cervicothoracic regions, radicular pain and paresthesia of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084815
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