The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability, right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, and tinnitus based on new and material evidence being received to reopen the claims.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current disabilities were related to his active service due to noise exposure and secondary to a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee disability, Right ear hearing loss, Left ear hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24000468
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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