The Board has denied service connection for right ear hearing loss.,The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for left ear hearing loss and granted a 10% evaluation for minimal obstructive lung defect.
The deciding factor: The VA audiologist at the January 2000 examination noted that there was a significant change in high frequency hearing for the left ear, but did not establish whether this represented inservice aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss, Left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 21, 2001
- Citation
- 0123102
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