The Veteran's service-connected dysfunctions of the sphincter of Oddi and fatty liver disease are granted. The initial rating for bilateral hearing loss is denied, but a noncompensable rating remains in effect.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on medical evidence linking the conditions to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Dysfunction of the sphincter of Oddi, Fatty liver disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1215404
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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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