The Board has determined that the Veteran's left ear hearing loss is service-connected due to aggravation of a pre-existing condition, and not due to an in-service injury or incident.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no significant threshold shift in the Veteran’s preexisting left ear hearing loss at the time of his military exit, but the Board found this insufficient to rebut the presumption of aggravation given the Veteran's sworn statements about his worsening symptoms and a positive nexus opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss (claimed as left ear injury)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20005197
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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