The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disorder based on new and material evidence, but remanded it for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was presented regarding the Veteran's exposure to acoustic trauma during active service, which relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24003001
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and evidence collection, as some relevant private treatment records have not been obtained.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disorder and remanded several other claims, including those for an acquired psychiatric disorder, headache, hypertension, cervical spine, thoracic spine, shin splints, foot disorders, and tinnitus.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disorder and denied increased ratings for right knee strain, left knee flexion, and left knee extension. The claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left ankle crepitus were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right elbow, and left elbow disorders. The claims for increased ratings for the Veteran's left hand strains were remanded for further development.
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