The Board finds that the veteran's defective hearing was incurred in and as a result of service.
The deciding factor: The competent and probative evidence preponderates in favor of a finding that the veteran developed defective hearing in and as a result of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Defective hearing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0812746
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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