Granted
Service connection is denied for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. Service connection is granted for ischemic heart disease (coronary artery disease) due to Agent Orange exposure, and bowel urgency as secondary to prostate cancer.,The Veteran's fatigue symptoms are being evaluated further.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a direct link between the Veteran’s current conditions and his military service or any other known etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hearing Loss","status":"Denied"}, {"condition_name":"Tinnitus","status":"Denied"}, {"condition_name":"Ischemic Heart Disease (Coronary Artery Disease)","status":"Granted"}, {"condition_name":"Bowel Urgency","status":"Granted"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19130604
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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