The Board has determined that the veteran's inner ear problems, diagnosed as chronic otitis media and otomastoiditis with a history of cholesteatoma, are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected perforated left ear drum.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence medically attributes the veteran's inner ear problems to his service-connected perforated left eardrum.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic otitis media, otomastoiditis with a history cholesteatoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0601714
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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