The Board denied the claim for service connection for bilateral defective hearing and a higher rating for residuals of a right leg shell fragment wound, finding no evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence linking the current hearing loss or the right leg disability to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral defective hearing, Right leg shell fragment wound with associated hyperesthesia and tender scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0028358
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- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral defective hearing was rated at 20% prior to April 27, 2010 and increased to 50% thereafter.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral defective hearing warrants a 10 percent evaluation effective from February 27, 2015.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for automobile and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only as defined by VA regulations.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's preexisting bilateral defective hearing did not increase in disability during service, and thus denied her claim for service connection.
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