The Board has granted service connection for chronic otitis externa, bilateral, and assigned a 10 percent evaluation effective August 21, 2001.
The deciding factor: The claimant submitted new and material evidence linking his current hearing loss to military noise exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic otitis externa, fungal infection of the ears
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0412942
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic otitis externa, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the condition and the Veteran's active service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for migraines, chronic otitis externa, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for chronic otitis externa and remanded the claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee joint osteoarthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to address the Veteran's contended manifestations and complications of chronic otitis externa, including tinnitus, pain, vertigo, swelling, treatment with hydrogen peroxide and ear drops.
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