The veteran's dysphonia has been granted a rating of 60 percent disabling due to her inability to project or raise her voice.
The deciding factor: The disability picture more closely approximates the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6519, which is for complete organic aphonia with constant inability to speak above a whisper.
- Claimed conditions
- aphonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0813523
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.
What you can do next
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