The veteran's service-connected chronic suppurative otitis media has been evaluated as 10 percent disabling since February 1987, and the Board finds that he meets the criteria for an extraschedular rating of 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's employment restrictions due to his otitis media have resulted in marked interference with employment equivalent to a 20 percent disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0027141
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