The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is well grounded. The VA has provided a medical opinion establishing the plausibility of a nexus between his diagnosed hearing loss and his alleged exposure to acoustic trauma in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: A VA nurse practitioner concluded that the veteran's decreased hearing acuity was secondary to artillery fire in Vietnam, providing sufficient evidence for service connection based on new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Foot Disorder, Tinea Pedis (Fungal Infection of the Feet), Bilateral Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0023262
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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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