The Board has determined that the veteran's left ear hearing loss disability does not meet the criteria for a disability under VA regulations, and therefore service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examination in December 2001 showed all of the veteran's threshold levels at relevant frequencies were 25 decibels or less except for a 35 decibel level at 4,000 Hertz. None of these results met the criteria for hearing loss disability as defined by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0208008
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that it is at least as likely as not related to in-service noise exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss disability but denied it for left ear hearing loss disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss disability but denied it for left ear hearing loss disability.
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