The Veteran's claims for service connection for right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and anxiety disorder have been granted. The claim for left ear hearing loss has been reopened.,Service connection is established for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide agent exposure and secondary to diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were supported by new evidence that was not previously considered in the prior denial of service connection, allowing them to be reopened.,Service connection is established for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide agent exposure and secondary to diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss, Tinnitus, Left ear hearing loss, Bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19143017
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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