The Board has determined that the Veteran's pre-existing hearing loss increased in severity during service, establishing service aggravation. Therefore, the claim for service connection based on this aggravation is granted.
The deciding factor: Service aggravation was established due to an increase in severity of the Veteran’s pre-existing bilateral hearing loss during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19104247
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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