The Board has determined that the veteran's claims of service connection for defective hearing and secondary service connection for a right knee disability are well grounded. The RO is instructed to obtain additional medical records, conduct VA examinations, and review the claims folder in order to determine if the veteran's current disabilities are related to his military service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The veteran has submitted evidence of current hearing loss and right knee disability that he believes are related to his military service. The RO must obtain additional medical records and conduct examinations to determine the validity of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral defective hearing, right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0013324
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