Service connection is granted for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus.,The Veteran's claim for a noncompensable dental disorder for the loss of tooth #3 due to caries is remanded as it pertains to obtaining VA outpatient dental treatment.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on continuous symptoms since service separation, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b).,Further development is needed as the claim pertains to obtaining VA outpatient dental treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19148743
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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