The Board has granted service connection for left ear hearing loss and determined a noncompensable initial rating for atrophy of the right testicle with groin pain. The veteran's postoperative scars, residuals of bilateral subcutaneous mastectomies due to fibroadenoma, are rated as noncompensably disabling.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in relative equipoise on whether the veteran's left ear hearing loss was caused by acoustic trauma in service, and therefore granted. The initial rating for atrophy of the right testicle with groin pain has been assigned based on postoperative scars that are not poorly nourished or ulcerative.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ear Hearing Loss, Atrophy of the Right Testicle with Groin Pain, Postoperative Scars, Residuals of Bilateral Subcutaneous Mastectomies Due to Fibroadenoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0206635
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right ear hearing loss and a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims based on in-service noise exposure or other theories.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU with a September 19, 2024 effective date based on his PTSD, emphysema, and COPD symptoms. His diabetes, tinnitus, and left ear hearing loss were not found to prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to March 19, 2024.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to August 31, 2020.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluations have been remanded due to the need for further evaluation. The effective dates for the grants of service connection are not being granted earlier than November 25, 2019.
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