The veteran's service connection claims for various disabilities, including hearing loss, visual acuity issues, memory loss, arthritis of the hip, and other conditions, were generally granted. The initial evaluations assigned to his service-connected disabilities are also discussed.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for most of the claimed disabilities due to their being related to military service or exposure to noise in service.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss, left ear, acquired loss of visual acuity, left eye, memory loss, arthritis of the left hip, tingling and numbness involving the left side of the body, surgical tear of the stomach, surgical tear of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0011129
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a left wrist condition was dismissed due to concurrent election of higher-level review. The claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral pes planus, and for service connection for hearing loss, neck strain, and dermatitis were denied.
- Dismissed
The claims for service connection for hearing loss and a left knee condition were dismissed due to an untimely notice of disagreement filed more than one year after the October 2022 rating decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim for a TDIU.
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