The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a hearing loss disability, which was previously denied in February 1984. The additional evidence submitted indicates that it is possible that the veteran's current hearing loss may be related to noise exposure during his military service.
The deciding factor: The new evidence provided by the January 2001 opinion linking the veteran's hearing loss to inservice noise exposure in service is significant and must be considered to fairly decide the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0321123
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