The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral eye condition is denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a respiratory disability is denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disability as secondary to a service-connected disability (COPD) is denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board finds the Veteran’s assertions regarding his in-service noise exposure credible and affords him the benefit of the doubt, finding that his tinnitus was incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Eye Conditions"}, {"condition_name":"Respiratory Disability"}, {"condition_name":"Heart Condition"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2019
- Citation
- A19000931
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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.
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