The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability is service-connected, as it was likely caused by noise exposure during active service. The issue of service connection for tinnitus remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: Service connection granted based on established criteria for hearing loss and noise exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability, Chronic tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0806742
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for chronic bilateral hearing loss disability is granted as the Board finds that his in-service noise exposure and subsequent combat injury are sufficient to establish service connection.
- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability. The Veteran's claim for a chronic back/spine disorder to include as secondary to a service-connected disability is referred to the RO for further development.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's experience of ringing in his ears shortly after service separation is related to active service.
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