The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss is denied.,The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to January 31, 2014, for the grants of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are denied.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 31, 2013, for the grant of service connection for surgical scar is denied.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 31, 2013, for the grant of service connection for ischemic heart disease (IHD) is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s bilateral hearing loss was rated as Level III in both ears, which corresponds to a noncompensable disability rating under Table VII.,The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to January 31, 2014, were not supported by evidence showing that the claim was filed within one year of his informal claim and formal claim was received more than one year after he was sent a VA Form 21-526.,The Veteran’s claim for an effective date prior to January 31, 2013, for the grant of service connection for surgical scar was not supported by evidence showing that the claim was filed within one year of his informal claim and formal claim was received more than one year after he was sent a VA Form 21-526.,The Veteran’s claim for an effective date prior to January 31, 2013, for the grant of service connection for ischemic heart disease (IHD) was not supported by evidence showing that the claim was filed within one year of his informal claim and formal claim was received more than one year after he was sent a VA Form 21-526.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, scar, residual of coronary artery bypass graft (surgical scar), ischemic heart disease (IHD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20041406
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