The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and headaches, as well as his request for a compensable rating for three gunshot wound scars of the head. The veteran is not entitled to service connection for hearing loss due to lack of evidence meeting VA criteria for a disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.385. Service connection for post-traumatic headaches has been granted, but no rating assigned as there are no current findings or symptoms related to the scars.
The deciding factor: The veteran's hearing loss did not meet the threshold for a VA-defined disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.385 and therefore cannot be service-connected. The Board found that his headaches were post-traumatic in nature, linked to an injury sustained during service, and thus granted service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss, Post-traumatic Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0119071
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