The Board has granted the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for otitis media with hearing loss. The underlying issue of whether he incurred or aggravated a pre-existing condition during service is addressed in the remand portion.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence provided by Dr. R.S. postulates a causal nexus between current sensorineural hearing loss and in-service noise exposure, above and beyond any conductive component to hearing loss due to chronic mastoiditis and cholesteatoma.
- Claimed conditions
- otitis media with hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0915451
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for otitis media with bilateral hearing loss prior to December 1, 2007, and from that date, the veteran is not shown to have a compensable rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for an increase in the ratings for otitis media with hearing loss is being remanded to provide proper VCAA notice and further medical examination.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his claim for a compensable rating for otitis media with hearing loss, which was dismissed without prejudice.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated treatment records and conducting VA examinations to determine the severity of the veteran's right knee disorder and otitis media with hearing loss.
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