The Veteran's claims for service connection and compensation for dental trauma, hearing loss, and eye conditions are being remanded due to the need for additional development. The claim of service connection for residuals of dental trauma is granted, but the other claims remain pending.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not provide sufficient evidence to determine if the Veteran's current disabilities were incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss in the left ear, Residuals of dental trauma (tooth 5), Amblyopia of the right eye, Hearing loss in the right ear, Otitis media of the right ear, Residuals of perforated tympanic membrane (right)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1002466
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss in the left ear as there is no evidence of a current disability meeting VA criteria.
- Denied
The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is rated as Level I, which corresponds to a noncompensable rating. The Board denied the claim for an initial compensable rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current disability of hearing loss in the left ear for VA purposes, and thus denied service connection. For the right ear, the Board found that there is no evidence to support a finding that the Veteran's hearing loss was incurred during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, migraine headaches, tinnitus, hearing loss, and erectile dysfunction, precluded him from obtaining or maintaining a substantially gainful occupation prior to January 8, 2022. The Board has granted a TDIU effective from January 8, 2022 onward.
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