The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition characterized by depression, anxiety and trouble sleeping as secondary to right ear hearing loss. The Veteran's right ear hearing loss is currently rated as noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran’s unspecified depressive disorder with anxious features is related to his hearing loss (and increased by other medical problems).
- Claimed conditions
- depression, anxiety, trouble sleeping
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20068663
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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- Partly granted
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