The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability is granted as service connected. For the period from September 13, 2012 to April 28, 2015, his low back disability was rated at 10 percent; and for the period after April 28, 2015, it was rated at 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is service connected due to in-service acoustic trauma. For the initial rating claim, his low back disability did not meet criteria for higher ratings under the General Formula or Intervertebral Disc Syndrome (IVDS) based on incapacitating episodes.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hearing Loss"}, {"condition_name":"Low Back Disability"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100514
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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