The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss does not warrant a higher initial disability rating, as it is currently rated as noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The VA audiological examination revealed Level I and Level IV hearing loss in each ear, resulting in a noncompensable evaluation under the applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0121117
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss due to a duty to assist error regarding an incomplete medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss as the evidence did not support a finding of a nexus between the Veteran's current condition and his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability is not rated higher than noncompensable.,The Veteran's benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (Meniere's disease) is rated at 30 percent.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is manifested by hearing acuity of no worse than Level I in the right ear and no worse than Level II in the left ear. The Board denied a compensable rating for this disability.
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