The Veteran's service connection claims for residuals of a right eye injury, bilateral defective vision, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, and major depressive disorder (MDD) have been granted. The conditions are presumed to be related to military service due to the Gulf War presumption.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's conditions were found to be related to his military service based on the presumptive provisions for Gulf War veterans.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right eye injury, bilateral defective vision, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, major depressive disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1021756
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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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