The Board has granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his in-service noise exposure. The claim was reopened due to new evidence provided by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's testimony regarding the onset of his hearing loss due to military noise exposure and its continuity to the present was competent and credible, meeting the nexus requirement for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19177884
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss due to a duty to assist error regarding an incomplete medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss as the evidence did not support a finding of a nexus between the Veteran's current condition and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to a compensable disability evaluation for service-connected bilateral sensorineural hearing loss due to insufficient evidence.
- Granted
The Board has granted the claim for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, finding that it was incurred in service based on noise exposure during basic training and Infantry Training School.
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