The VA determined that there is no evidence of active otitis externa in the post-service medical records, and thus denied an increased evaluation for this condition.
The deciding factor: There was no current evidence of disease of the auditory canal to warrant a compensable evaluation under the rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Otitis Externa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0004092
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