The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted, as well as a 60% rating for eczema and psoriasis effective February 13, 2013. The claim for an earlier effective date for the PTSD with MDD rating has been denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were found to be related to service due to in-service acoustic trauma, while his eczema and psoriasis have been rated based on constant or near-constant systemic therapy including topical corticosteroids. The PTSD with MDD rating has been granted at 70% effective February 13, 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hearing Loss"}, {"condition_name":"Tinnitus"}, {"condition_name":"Eczema and Psoriasis"}, {"condition_name":"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19147202
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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