The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, proteinuria (claimed as right and left wrist disorders), and initial compensable evaluations for sinusitis and bilateral plantar fasciitis with heel spurs. The issues were not adjudicated due to a procedural issue regarding the denial of service connection for a left wrist injury.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were denied based on lack of evidence supporting her assertions of in-service events or chronic conditions, as well as failure to meet the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus, Right wrist disorder, Chronic acquired disorder manifested by proteinuria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2001
- Citation
- 0113912
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the left ear hearing loss and service.
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