The Board has granted a 10 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss and residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right axillary area, characterized as a scar and a retained foreign body. The claim for service connection for generalized arthritis of multiple joints is well grounded.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current diagnoses include Level XI hearing in the left ear and Level I hearing in the right ear for bilateral hearing loss, and tenderness to palpation of the lateral chest wall without evidence of underlying tissue loss or other complications for residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right axillary area.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, residuals of shell fragment wound to the right axillary area
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0019414
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