The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for left ear hearing loss and restoration of a 20 percent rating for right ear hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not support these claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show left ear hearing loss or any other left ear problems in service. The veteran's current left ear hearing loss began many years after his active duty and was not caused by any incident of such service. Right ear hearing loss is rated at the maximum schedular evaluation (10%) for unilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss of the left ear, hearing loss of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0210361
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