The Veteran's death was not service-connected due to the lack of continuous total disability rating for at least ten years prior to his death. The Veteran had multiple disabilities, but they were rated as separate conditions and did not meet the criteria for a single condition that would qualify him for a 100% combined evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's disabilities were rated separately and did not result in a single condition meeting the requirement of at least ten years of continuous total disability rating prior to death.
- Claimed conditions
- psychoneurosis, anxiety, vestibular disorder, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2018
- Citation
- 1800311
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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