The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for lumbar disc disease is not well grounded, and thus denied.,The Board also found that the veteran's claim for service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability is not well grounded, and thus denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of an etiological relationship between the currently manifested lumbar disc disease and the veteran's period of active service.,The record does not include competent evidence of an etiological relationship between the current right ear hearing loss disability and the veteran's period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disc disease, right ear hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0013477
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