The Board denied a compensable evaluation for the veteran's service-connected left-sided hearing loss, finding that the schedular criteria did not meet the requirements.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the appellant's left-sided hearing loss was currently manifested by an average puretone decibel (dB) loss of 35 dB with 94 percent speech discrimination, which falls under Level I auditory acuity in his left ear. The percentage evaluation provided by the schedule is 0.
- Claimed conditions
- left-sided hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0001075
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's left-sided hearing loss has been rated as noncompensable since December 11, 2006. The VA audiological examinations conducted in April 2009 and February 2012 showed that the Veteran had Level I hearing impairment in both ears, which corresponds to a 0 percent disability rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain updated VA treatment records and for a comprehensive examination to determine if his service-connected disabilities alone are sufficiently severe to produce unemployability.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for the issues of service connection for a scar as the residual of left ear trauma and service connection for left-sided hearing loss.
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