The Veteran's claims for service connection are granted for prolapsed hemorrhoids, bilateral hearing loss, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The remaining issues have been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was sufficient evidence to support the grant of service connection for these conditions based on direct service connection criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- prolapsed hemorrhoids, bilateral hearing loss, benign prostatic hypertrophy (claimed as prostate condition), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic sinusitis, rhinitis, sleep apnea, diverticulitis, right inguinal hernia, status post repair surgery, hypertension, cardiomyopathy (claimed as enlarged heart and chest pain), stroke as secondary to hypertension, asthma, valvular heart disease (claimed as heart murmur), chronic gastrointestinal condition manifested by bleeding (also claimed as gastric ulcer)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19170864
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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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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
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