The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for a lumbar disability, while denying service connection for a right ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least approximately balanced as to whether the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to his military service. The Board denied the claim for a right ankle disability due to insufficient evidence of a nexus between the condition and service. A remand was necessary for further development regarding the lumbar disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Right ankle disability, Lumbar degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease (claimed as low back condition)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090953
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