Granted
The Veteran's hearing loss, which pre-existed service, is granted as secondary to service exposure. The skin condition, tinnitus, and gastrointestinal disorder are denied. Service connection for a sleep disorder is not established.
The deciding factor: Hearing loss was found to be aggravated by service due to noise exposure during deployment in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Skin condition"}, {"condition_name":"Hearing loss (presumed due to service exposure)"}, {"condition_name":"Tinnitus"}, {"condition_name":"Sleep disorder"}, {"condition_name":"Gastrointestinal disorder"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20001136
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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