Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for several conditions, granted service connection for tinnitus, and remanded claims for right ear hearing loss and OSA.
The deciding factor: The evidence failed to establish a link between the Veteran's claimed conditions and their active duty service or any other service-connected condition, except for tinnitus which had continuity of symptoms from service to present.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, bilateral knee disability, bilateral ankle disability, bilateral foot hallux valgus and plantar fasciitis, right ear hearing loss (remanded), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (remanded)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25092155
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