The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is granted as service connection, with the decision finding that reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the claimant.,Service connection for tinnitus has been restored from January 1, 2017, due to a severance error. The Board found that there was not clear and unmistakable evidence against the Veteran's claim.,The Veteran withdrew his claims for service connection for hypertension, prostate cancer, liver disorder, anemia, and GERD as secondary to exposure to herbicide agents (PACT Act).,Service connection for prostate cancer has been withdrawn due to withdrawal by the Veteran.,Service connection for liver disorder has been withdrawn due to withdrawal by the Veteran.,Service connection for anemia as secondary to a liver disorder has been withdrawn due to withdrawal by the Veteran.,Service connection for GERD as secondary to a liver disorder has been withdrawn due to withdrawal by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the current evidence of record, which showed that there was not clear and unmistakable error in granting service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The severance of tinnitus service connection was found to be improper as reasonable minds could differ on whether it was related to military noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, prostate cancer, liver disorder, anemia, GERD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189768
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