The Veteran's recurrent tinnitus is found to be related to his active service, while he does not have a current hearing loss disability for VA purposes. The Veteran's Meniere's disease of the right ear is also granted as service connected.
The deciding factor: For recurrent tinnitus, the Board found that the Veteran's in-service acoustic trauma and post-service medical evidence supported an etiological relationship to his active service. For Meniere's disease of the right ear, a current diagnosis was established through VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent tinnitus, Meniere's disease of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0934937
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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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