The Board granted service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability based on the appellant's credible reports of symptoms and continuity of symptomatology since active duty.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician's opinion was found to be inadequate due to an inaccurate factual premise, and the appellant's lay statements were considered credible and supportive of a finding of continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24071426
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that it is at least as likely as not related to in-service noise exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left ear hearing loss disability, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between the current condition and his in-service noise exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a skin condition, left ear hearing loss disability, and tinnitus due to an error by the AOJ in failing to notify the Veteran of his right to a pre-decisional hearing.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability, resolving any reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
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