The Veteran's right ear hearing loss is related to active duty service and granted. The Veteran's sore throat (manifested by) is presumed to be due to exposure to herbicides, specifically Agent Orange. Service connection for lumbosacral strain is also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection established based on direct evidence of a current disability in conjunction with an in-service event and continuity of symptomatology post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ear Hearing Loss, Sore Throat (manifested by), Lumbosacral Strain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 31, 2010
- Citation
- 1032770
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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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- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for posttraumatic stress disorder with substance abuse and a rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain.
- Partly granted
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