The Board has determined that service connection should be granted for bilateral hearing loss and headaches, but not for a bilateral eye disability due to the lack of evidence linking it to service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for bilateral hearing loss based on noise exposure during active duty. Headaches were linked to binocular incongruence and anisocoria (unequal pupil size). The Board found insufficient evidence to establish a link between the veteran's current eye disability and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hearing Loss","diagnosis_basis":"Presbycusis and Noise Exposure"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Eye Disability (Amblyopia)","diagnosis_basis":"Incident during Army Reserve duty in May 1985, left eye vision impaired to 20/100, right eye vision normal at 20/20"}, {"condition_name":"Headaches","diagnosis_basis":"Associated with binocular incongruence and anisocoria (unequal pupil size)"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0610053
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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