The Veteran is granted a 10% disability rating for chronic suppurative otitis media and mastoiditis, effective from September 10, 1990. The TDIU claim is also granted prior to January 17, 2012.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the Veteran's claims of service connection for chronic suppurative otitis media and mastoiditis throughout the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, Mastoiditis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1824943
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.,The Veteran's bilateral knee disorder is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.,A pre-existing mastoiditis or residuals thereof was not clearly and unmistakably aggravated beyond the natural progression by service, and a current mastoiditis-related condition is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.,At no time during the pendency of the claim does the Veteran have a current disability related to CFS. His symptoms are attributed to known clinical diagnoses.,The Veteran's respiratory symptoms have been attributed to a known clinical diagnosis of chronic bronchitis/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's chronic suppurative otitis media and chronic otitis externa are each rated at 10 percent, effective from April 10, 2009. The Veteran's depression is rated at 70 percent from May 20, 2008 to December 2, 2015.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's residuals of left ear tympanic membrane perforation, status post mastoidectomy with mastoiditis. A separate 10 percent rating is also granted for recurrent tinnitus as a residual manifestation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's increased rating claims for chronic suppurative otitis media and frontal sinusitis, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating under VA regulations.
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