The Board has determined that the veteran's preexisting hearing loss was aggravated by his service, and thus grants service connection for a bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that it was as likely as not that the increase in the veteran's hearing loss during service was due to its natural progression. Given this opinion, the Board found no clear and unmistakable evidence of aggravation by natural progress and granted service connection for the veteran's bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0218099
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