The Veteran is granted an effective date of October 2, 1965 for the grant of service connection for left ear defective hearing. This decision resolves a pending claim that was initiated in May 1966 and remained pending until November 2007 when it was finally granted by the Board.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's May 1966 NOD constituted a valid Notice of Disagreement, initiating appellate review. The RO never issued a Statement of the Case (SOC) in response to this NOD and thus the claim remained pending until November 2007 when it was finally granted by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ear Defective Hearing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 24, 2012
- Citation
- 1232991
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