The Board has determined that the veteran's preexisting right ear perforation was aggravated by service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that exposure to water in military service aggravated the pre-existing right tympanic membrane perforation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear perforation
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0808223
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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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