The Board has granted service connection for gastrointestinal disability secondary to PTSD and remanded the issue of bilateral hearing loss secondary to tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's gastrointestinal disability is found to be at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected PTSD, while the cause of his bilateral hearing loss remains unclear due to insufficient evidence provided in the April 2014 examination.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19184043
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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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including bilateral hearing loss and various musculoskeletal issues, as well as an initial rating in excess of 0 percent for rhinitis. However, the Board granted a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Partly granted
The Veteran's tinnitus is granted, while fibromyalgia, internal or external hemorrhoids, bilateral hearing loss, and neuropathy are denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding it at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's in-service noise exposure.
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