The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability was denied. The claims for hypertension and dementia were not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence, while the PTSD claim was reopened but remains denied.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to reopen the claims for hypertension and dementia, and the PTSD claim is still denied.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss disability, Organic disease of the nervous system (presumably referring to dementia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1026610
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss disability due to unreliable and inconsistent responses during audiometric testing.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the claims for an initial compensable rating for left ear sensorineural hearing loss, service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability, and a left eye disorder. However, it granted service connection for a back disability and radiculopathy of both lower extremities as secondary to the back disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss disability and an increased rating for tinnitus, as the evidence did not support higher ratings.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with anxious distress, alcohol use disorder, and cannabis use disorder (MDD) from July 16, 2018, to November 15, 2019, but denied a higher rating. Other claims were denied or readjudicated.
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