The Board has determined that the veteran's right ear hearing loss was aggravated by his military noise exposure, warranting service connection. The cervical spine disability is found to be at least as likely as not related to in-service neck pain.
The deciding factor: Service connection granted due to aggravation of pre-existing hearing loss and neck pain by military noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss of the right ear, Multilevel spinal stenosis of the cervical spine (claimed as neck pain)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0416317
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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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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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