Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include depression and isolation as secondary to hearing loss was denied. However, the Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss effective September 1, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran had a current diagnosis of any psychiatric disorder during the appeal period; however, his right ear hearing loss was found to be related to noise exposure in service and thus granted service connection as of September 1, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, isolation, right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25010930
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