The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied the remaining issues of service connection. Service connection is granted for bilateral hearing loss due to in-service noise exposure, while other conditions are not supported by evidence of record.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on a finding that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss is related to his military noise exposure during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, hemorrhoids, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, lower back disability, neck condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2020
- Citation
- A20017782
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.
What you can do next
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