The Board denied service connection for a hematologic disorder and granted an 80 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss, effective from March 17, 2011 to December 9, 2020.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found no etiology between the Veteran's diagnosed hematologic disorder and his in-service herbicide exposure. The Board assigned greater weight to this opinion than to the Veteran's lay statements regarding causation.
- Claimed conditions
- hematologic disorder, hearing impairment
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22061640
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