Granted
The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of left hearing loss and the 50-percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss was granted, with the effective date set to September 17, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's Intent-to-File (ITF) on September 17, 2022, should have been associated with the December 2022 supplemental claim, making it the effective date for both issues.
- Claimed conditions
- left hearing loss, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007529
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