The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, and a 30 percent evaluation for asthma from August 10, 2022. The claims for back pain, sinusitis, and hypertension were either remanded or denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of asthma required daily inhalational bronchodilator therapy, meeting the criteria for a 30 percent rating under DC 6602. Hearing loss was caused by hazardous noise exposure during active service, and tinnitus was proximately caused by or aggravated by service-connected hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinusitis, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Back Pain (L3 to L5 spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication), Asthma, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2024
- Citation
- A24066977
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
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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