The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and granted a compensable rating of 10 percent for COPD prior to January 21, 2002. The claims for tinnitus, sinusitis, hemorrhoids, and allergic rhinitis were denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the final denial established that the veteran's hearing loss was present during service or within a year of separation, reopening the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, sinusitis, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), hemorrhoids, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0213107
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What this means for you
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