The Veteran's petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss disorder is granted. The appeal is allowed to that extent only, and the case is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since February 2015 relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claim of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss disorder and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21075964
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