The Board granted service connection for a back disability and right lower extremity radiculopathy, but denied service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence was nearly equal as to whether the Veteran's back disability had continued with requisite symptomatology since service separation. The right lower extremity radiculopathy was caused by his now-service-connected back disability. There was no current diagnosis of left lower extremity radiculopathy, and there was not a sufficient link between hearing loss/tinnitus and service.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25085874
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