The Board has determined that the veteran's left ear hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation, as his average pure tone thresholds are within normal limits and he has no significant impairment in speech recognition. The most severe findings have been level I hearing, which corresponds to a zero percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The veteran's hearing loss disability did not meet the criteria for any higher evaluation due to its severity and because the VA rating schedule does not provide for an increased evaluation based on his left ear hearing loss alone.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0206837
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