The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to readjudicate the previously denied claims of service connection for right ear hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, and left leg injury.,New evidence from the Veteran's hearing testimony tends to prove or disprove matters at issue in these claims.
The deciding factor: The new evidence includes the Veteran's hearing testimony regarding his in-service noise exposure and the onset of his current symptoms, which provides evidence tending to prove or disprove a matter at issue.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ear Hearing Loss, Bilateral Tinnitus, Left Leg Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2022
- Citation
- A22025858
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right ear hearing loss and a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims based on in-service noise exposure or other theories.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus disabilities, finding that these conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
- Denied
The Veteran's right ear hearing loss disability was not incurred in service and is less likely than not caused by noise exposure during his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral tinnitus was granted with a 10% disability rating effective October 30, 2020. The Board found that the earliest date of application for this claim is November 25, 2019.
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