The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and found it to be well-grounded. The claims for jungle rot of the feet, blackout spells, dizziness, numbness and tingling of the hands, viral hepatitis, and sinusitis are pending further development and review.
The deciding factor: The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to new evidence submitted by the veteran. The remaining claims will be reviewed de novo after additional development is completed.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, jungle rot of the feet, blackout spells of unknown etiology, dizziness, numbness and tingling of the hands, viral hepatitis, sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0000034
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