The Board granted an increased rating of 50 percent for bilateral hearing loss as of July 25, 2023, and restored the 40 percent disability rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Board also granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to March 8, 2023, and an earlier effective date prior to March 8, 2023, for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hearing loss had not shown improvement under the ordinary conditions of life, and his service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25027358
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.
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