The Veteran's kidney cancer and lung cancer are granted as secondary to service-connected conditions, while his claims for left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and a TDIU based on coronary heart disease are denied. The claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss is also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show current disability for the claimed conditions or establish a link to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, kidney cancer, lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19105028
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
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