The Veteran's hearing loss is rated at 50 percent prior to June 26, 2017 and at 70 percent from June 26, 2017 to February 19, 2018. The TDIU claim has been remanded.,The Veteran's asbestos-related pleural disease is rated at 80 percent since February 20, 2018. The service connection for this condition remains in dispute and has also been remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision on the hearing loss rating was based on current medical evidence, while the TDIU claim is pending due to unresolved issues regarding the asbestos-related pleural disease.,For the asbestos-related pleural disease, the service connection remains in dispute as there are conflicting opinions from different sources.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18134364
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