The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability is attributable to his period of active duty military service, and the Board finds that reasonable doubt must be resolved in favor of the Veteran. The issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include a depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is addressed in the REMAND portion of the decision below.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability was found to be related to his period of active duty military service due to noise exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2017
- Citation
- 1745054
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