The Board denied an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 20 percent disability rating for service-connected bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The veteran's appeal from the denial of entitlement to service connection for residuals of nasopharyngeal irradiation was found untimely.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not file a timely notice of disagreement or substantive appeal within one year of being notified of the June 1998 rating decision denying service connection for nasopharyngeal irradiation.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, left otitis media
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0110592
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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