The Board has granted the veteran's petition to reopen his previously denied claim for service connection for hearing loss of his right ear. The issue is now before the Board for a de novo determination.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial supports reopening the claim and suggests that the veteran's current hearing loss may be related to noise exposure during his military service, particularly in Korea.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0210761
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hearing loss of the right ear, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep impairment and hearing loss of the right ear, and a 30 percent rating for residuals of a left eye injury from April 27, 1998. The claim for a higher rating was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hearing loss of the right ear and tinnitus, but denied it for the left ear.
- Dismissed
All appeals for service connection and rating reduction were dismissed due to concurrent election of review options.
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