Partly granted
The Board denied the claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for granting service connection for pneumonia and upper respiratory infection and right knee status post arthroscopy ACL reconstruction surgery.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection for the claimed conditions beyond what was granted.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis, rhinitis, left knee disability, left knee scar, bilateral hearing loss, pneumonia and upper respiratory infection, right knee status post arthroscopy ACL reconstruction surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088152
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