The Board has granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's current disability is presumptively connected to service due to continuous post-service symptoms.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran sustained nerve damage during service which caused both tinnitus and current bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The evidence established in-service noise exposure and continuous post-service symptoms of hearing loss, leading to a finding of presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19181886
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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