The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral ear pain is due to his in-service otitis, and thus service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion provided by a specialist indicated it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's current ear pain is due to his in-service otitis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ear pain, otitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1538508
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board has denied service connection for bilateral ear pain and hemorrhoids, but has remanded the issue of right foot heel spur. The Veteran is entitled to a new examination to determine if his reported symptoms are productive of functional impairment and whether they are related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a disorder manifested by bilateral ear pain, dizziness, and a headache disorder, all secondary to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss. The evidence did not support a nexus between these conditions and service or any other basis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed bilateral ear pain and its relationship to service. The Veteran will need a VA medical opinion to clarify these issues.
- Denied
The claims for service connection for right ear hearing loss, low back condition, lower extremity radiculopathy, otitis, and hiatal hernia were denied due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.,New evidence received since the previous decisions related to sleep apnea, rhinitis, and sinusitis has been found material as it supports a link between these conditions and service.
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