The Board denied service connection for asthma as new and material evidence was not provided, and also denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim due to lack of a nexus to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Asthma, Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0911410
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Granted
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