The Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was found to have its onset in service and is therefore granted service connection. The lung cancer claim remains pending as the issue of whether it pre-existed service or underwent an increase in severity during service has not been resolved.
The deciding factor: Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was diagnosed during active duty and meets the criteria for a compensable disability under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1025902
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