The Veteran's chronic otitis media is related to his period of service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The opinion provided by Dr. R.A.S., based on review of service records and the Veteran’s reported history, supports a finding that the current disability is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic otitis media
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19179562
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.
- Partly granted
The veteran's service connection for migraine was granted with an effective date of July 29, 2021. Service connection for chronic otitis media was denied. The claims for chronic sinusitis and chronic otitis externa were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted the reopening of the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded all other issues for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's appeals for additional development and consideration of new evidence, including VA examination reports and treatment records. The issues include rating adjustments for cervical spine degenerative disc disease, right foot superficial peroneal neuritis, left foot degenerative joint disease, chronic otitis media, and a right ear injury with perforation of tympanic membrane. TDIU is also remanded.
- Denied
The veteran was not entitled to retroactive payment of VA disability compensation benefits to January 29, 1965, as he did not elect to receive such benefits in 1965 and only made the election in July 2004.
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