Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, but denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reported symptoms of irritability and social aversion were already compensated by his 70 percent evaluation for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the evidence did not support a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the audiometric data from the VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019339
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