The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions are not well grounded. The evidence does not meet the threshold requirement of establishing a plausible claim.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to submit sufficient medical evidence linking his current disabilities to his military service or any incident thereof.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, speech impairment, left knee disorder, left ankle disorder, back disorder, neck disorder, bilateral foot disorder, bladder disorder, nervous disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0003199
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, as the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding it at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's in-service noise exposure.
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