The veteran's PTSD results in significant occupational and social impairment, warranting a 70 percent evaluation. Right ear hearing loss is not service-connected due to lack of evidence linking it to service. Left ear tinnitus is secondary to the service-connected left ear hearing impairment.
The deciding factor: PTSD symptoms result in severe occupational and social impairment as per VA criteria for rating PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ear Hearing Loss, Left Ear Tinnitus, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0208622
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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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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for remanding certain service connection claims.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD from September 27, 2022, and denied the claims for a compensable rating for urethral injury with urinary incontinence and right ear hearing loss. The claim for service connection for chronic headaches as secondary to the right shoulder was also granted.
- Dismissed
The appeal for several conditions, including insomnia, hypertension, and various disabilities, was dismissed due to procedural issues.
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