The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability. The appeal of the issue of entitlement to service connection for dermatofibrosis; Bowen's disease (claimed as soft tissue sarcoma) is dismissed.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology and in-service noise exposure, which supported a finding that the Veteran's current hearing loss disability is related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatofibrosis; Bowen's disease (claimed as soft tissue sarcoma), bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2011
- Citation
- 1114869
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability but denied it for diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient consideration of the Veteran's lay statements regarding his hearing loss symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability should be remanded for further examination and opinion to determine if it is related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and conducting additional medical examinations to determine the etiology of his claimed disabilities.
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