The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and granted it, finding that there is an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence to support a link between the Veteran's noise exposure in service and his current bilateral hearing loss. The issue of service connection for Meniere's syndrome was withdrawn by the Veteran's representative.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had been received, allowing the claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability to be reopened and granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss Disability, Meniere's Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1412218
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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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