Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable rating for hearing loss but granted a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective February 29, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected polycythemia vera rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment since at least February 29, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss, Polycythemia vera
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098731
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