The Board granted service connection for left ear and right ear hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD as due to MST, and reopened the claim of bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim of bilateral hearing loss. For the other conditions, the evidence supported a finding of service connection based on in-service noise exposure for right ear hearing loss, aggravation of pre-existing left ear hearing loss, and a diagnosis of PTSD linked to military sexual trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Left Ear Hearing Loss, Right Ear Hearing Loss, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, to include PTSD as due to Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22001216
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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- Denied
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- Denied
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