The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss of the left ear is not well-grounded, and thus denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show an increase in severity of pre-existing hearing loss during service, and there is no competent medical opinion linking the current hearing loss to service.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss of the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0004220
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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