The Board has determined that the veteran's left ear hearing loss was incurred in service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's current left ear hearing loss is more likely than not pre-dated his military service, but could not rule out aggravation by military noise exposure. The Board accepted the hospital report as reflective of the nature of the veteran's hearing at the time of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0301819
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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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