The Board granted compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disability resulting from VA treatment, to include chronic ear infections and a moderate-sized right ear drum perforation with associated scarring.
The deciding factor: The removal of the Veteran's T-tube was at least as likely as not an error in judgment, which proximately caused the Veteran's additional disability, including chronic ear infections and a moderate-sized right ear drum perforation with associated scarring.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic ear infections, moderate-sized right ear drum perforation with associated scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25037316
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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