The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were denied in an August 2006 rating decision. The claim of entitlement to reopen the head injury was granted, but not all issues related to this condition have been decided.,An effective date prior to August 17, 2016, is denied for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted new evidence that relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claim of entitlement to service connection for a head injury (e.g., whether he has a current disability indicative of a head injury and whether it first exhibited in service).,No effective date is established as no formal or informal claim was received prior to August 17, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Head Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20073565
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, entitlement to TDIU, and SMC based on housebound status.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
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