The Veteran's hearing loss disability is rated as noncompensable prior to August 9, 2017 and a 10% rating is granted from that date. The Board finds the evidence insufficient for service connection of asthma and COPD due to in-service exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's asthma and COPD are related to his in-service herbicide agent exposure or environmental conditions in Guam, as required by the February 2016 remand directive.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hearing Loss"}, {"condition_name":"Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192673
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What this means for you
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