The Board found that the veteran's claims of service connection for left and right otitis media were not well-grounded due to a lack of medical evidence linking current disabilities to his military service or any service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that there was no medical evidence showing a link between current otitis media diagnoses and either the veteran's period of active military service or any service-connected disability, including tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- left otitis media, right otitis media
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0011165
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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