The Board has granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder, major depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder. Service connection for right ear hearing loss was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability related to service, including noise exposure during service which did not result in permanent auditory damage as evidenced by test variability from entrance to separation.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20070401
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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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on a finding of etiological relation to in-service noise exposure.
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