The Board has determined that the Veteran's pre-existing left knee disorder was aggravated by injury during Active Duty for Training (ADT), and his bilateral hearing loss may be service-connected. The case is remanded to determine a specific effective date.
The deciding factor: The Board found reasonable doubt in favor of aggravation of the pre-existing left knee disorder during ADT, and that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss may be service-connected due to noise trauma during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disorder, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1031055
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