The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and hearing loss, finding that there is competent medical evidence of a current disability, an in-service occurrence or aggravation, and a nexus between the conditions. The claim for increased rating for hepatitis remains noncompensable as no new evidence was provided to reopen it.
The deciding factor: The veteran engaged in combat with the enemy during service and has presented credible lay testimony regarding his claimed stressors. His current hearing loss meets VA criteria for a disability, and there is medical evidence linking his current symptoms to service. The claim for hepatitis remains noncompensable as no new evidence was provided to reopen it.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0015767
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hearing loss as there is no current diagnosis of a bilateral hearing disability for VA purposes, and the Veteran did not have a hearing loss disability at any time during or recent to the filing of his claim.
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