The Veteran's prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction have been granted service connection. The Veteran also received a 100% disability rating for Meniere’s syndrome, which encompasses hearing impairment, vertigo, and tinnitus.,The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and vertigo ratings were discontinued, while his tinnitus rating was reduced to 10%. He now receives a 100% disability rating for GAD. The Veteran also received SMC at the housebound rate.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the Veteran's service-connected conditions and their impact on his daily life, with an emphasis on the severity of his Meniere’s syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate Cancer, Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19131965
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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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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