The Board has granted the veteran's request to reopen his claims for PTSD and right ear hearing loss, as new evidence has been received that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the veteran includes information regarding an asserted stressor related to PTSD and a diagnosis of right ear hearing loss. This raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for PTSD and right ear hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Right Ear Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0614738
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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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