The Veteran's ear pain is granted as secondary to her service-connected TMJ dysfunction.,Bilateral hearing loss is granted, with the condition being presumed incurred in service due to noise exposure during service.
The deciding factor: Service connection for ear pain and bilateral hearing loss was established based on their relationship to service-connected conditions (TMJ dysfunction and noise exposure, respectively).
- Claimed conditions
- Ear pain, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Hypertension, Low Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144553
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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