The VA determined that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable disability evaluation criteria.
The deciding factor: The audiometric evaluations did not show pure tone thresholds at 500, 1000, 2000, or 3000 Hertz that were all 55 decibels or more, nor an average puretone threshold of 30 decibels at 1000 Hertz and 70 decibels or more at 2000 Hertz.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0126466
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