The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for a bilateral ear condition, including itchiness and infections, as secondary to his service-connected hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports that the use of hearing aids caused or aggravated the external otitis in the Veteran's ears.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ear condition, itchiness, ear drainage, ear infections (otitis externa)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18119930
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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