The Veteran's service connection claim for a dental disability is denied, and the claim for hearing loss in the right ear is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows noise exposure in service and current right ear hearing loss. The Board finds that the evidence regarding whether Veteran’s right hearing loss disability is related to his noise exposure in service is at least in equipoise.
- Claimed conditions
- dental disability, hearing loss in the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103567
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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