The Board has granted service connection for adjustment disorder with depression, but denied the claim for evaluation of bilateral hearing loss and did not address the reopening of the Meniere's disease claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since February 1992 was found to be new and material, thus reopening the claim for service connection for Meniere's disease. The other issues were decided based on existing medical records and regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depression, bilateral foot disorder, Meniere's disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0018576
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent, prior to January 29, 2024, for service-connected Meniere's disease and tinnitus; special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s); and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 29, 2024.
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