The VA denied a compensable evaluation for the veteran's right ear hearing loss, finding that his current level of hearing acuity does not meet the criteria for a noncompensable rating.
The deciding factor: The most recent audiometric testing showed average pure tone thresholds in the right ear at 71 decibels and in the left ear at 75 decibels, with speech recognition ability of 52 percent in the right ear and 60 percent in the left ear. These results do not meet the criteria for a noncompensable rating under VA's hearing impairment evaluation guidelines.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- September 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0212203
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