The veteran's defective hearing is found to be a result of military service, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report indicates that it is more than likely that the veteran's hearing loss was caused by noise exposure during service and medication use for malaria.
- Claimed conditions
- defective hearing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0011989
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to incomplete processing. The Veteran's defective hearing and hypertension service connection claims are not ready for review.
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