The Board has granted a disability evaluation of 10 percent for service-connected bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, effective as of the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The veteran's pure tone thresholds met the criteria for an exceptional pattern of hearing impairment under VA regulations, warranting a 10 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0320192
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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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