The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear and granted it. The Veteran is now entitled to a compensable rating (60%) for his right ear hearing loss from April 30, 2007 to August 28, 2009. For the period since August 29, 2009, he is not entitled to an evaluation in excess of 60 percent.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had been received sufficient to reopen the claim for service connection, and that by resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran, his right ear hearing loss was related to service. The rating assigned is based on the current level of disability since April 30, 2007.
- Claimed conditions
- sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1002488
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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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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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