The Board has determined that the Veteran's right ear hearing loss is related to his service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found a reasonable doubt in favor of a link between the Veteran's current right ear hearing loss and his military service, given evidence of noise exposure during service and progressive hearing loss thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- May 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0918084
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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.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his right ear hearing loss disability has been denied due to his failure to report for a scheduled VA examination.
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