The Veteran's service connection claims have been granted for various conditions, including right ear hearing loss, left cheek cyst excision (residuals), eczema (dry skin), and several musculoskeletal disorders. The initial evaluations assigned are all 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the grant of service connection based on direct service connection without any presumption or secondary theory.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss, Left cheek cyst excision (residuals), Eczema (dry skin), Right shoulder disorder, Left shoulder disorder, Blepharitis, Left ear hearing loss, Right hand carpal tunnel syndrome, Left hand carpal tunnel syndrome, Residuals of right ulnar nerve entrapment release, Residuals of right ulnar collateral ligament repair, Residuals of right knee anterior cruciate ligament repair, Left knee patellofemoral syndrome, Right ankle laxity, Left ankle laxity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1014408
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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
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's left knee strain, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and service connection for a right ankle disorder. Other claims were denied or remanded.
- Denied
The appeal for higher ratings and effective dates for various conditions was denied, with the exception of left and right lower extremity radiculopathy which were granted an earlier effective date.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and a right shoulder disorder as there was no probative evidence of current disabilities as defined by VA.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a TDIU for the period from May 25, 2016 to January 18, 2017 due to his service-connected disabilities.
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