The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been granted. The decision also remanded several issues, including those related to hearing loss and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the July 2007 rating decision supports reopening of service connection for right and left ear hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss, Left ear hearing loss, Tinnitus, Left eye pterygium, Psychiatric disorder (PTSD, panic disorder, depressive disorder), Lumbar spine disorder (DJD and osteoarthritis), Cervical spine disorder (DJD and arthritis), Headache disorder, Right foot plantar fasciitis, Left foot plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19188876
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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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