The Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss disability has been reopened and granted, while the claims for left ear hearing loss disability and tinnitus have also been granted. The Veteran's Parkinson’s Disease with balance impairment is currently rated at 10%.,Service connection was established for Parkinson’s Disease with balance impairment, but an increased rating remains denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the May 2007 denial included a July 2016 private opinion concluding that the Veteran's hearing loss was more probable than not secondary to his military service. This new evidence addressed the reason for the previous denial, which was the presence of a link between the Veteran’s disability and service.,The November 2016 VA examiner found that the Veteran's tinnitus was not related to his period of service due to post-service occupational noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss disability, Left ear hearing loss disability, Tinnitus, Parkinson’s Disease with balance impairment
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19104664
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus due to a lack of jurisdiction.
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