Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for a left shoulder disorder, service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The probative evidence did not support the criteria for a higher rating or service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder disorder (glenohumeral joint dislocation and degenerative arthritis), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085806
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