The Board has granted service connection for a left elbow fracture, to include as secondary to shortness of breath due to an undiagnosed illness. The claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left elbow fracture is attributed to his service-connected respiratory condition and the use of high-dose corticosteroids (prednisone) prescribed for his respiratory disability, which contributed to a syncopal episode resulting in the fall that caused the injury.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow fracture, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19181883
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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- Granted
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