The appeal to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability based on new and material evidence is granted. The issue of whether the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss disability is related to his military service, including any in-service noise exposure, will be remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence from a private physician suggests a relationship between the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss disability and military service, but requires further examination and opinion to determine its likely etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100591
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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