The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss does not warrant an increased rating.
The deciding factor: The VA audiological evaluations did not show puretone thresholds of either 30 decibels or less at 1,000 Hz or 70 decibels or more at 2,000 Hz in either ear, which would have triggered the new provisions for evaluating hearing impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the right shoulder, degenerative disc disease of the thoracic spine, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, bilateral central scotomas, basal cell carcinoma of the face, organic heart disease with hypertension, status post insertion of pacemaker
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0119574
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What this means for you
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