The Board granted service connection for defective hearing in the right ear and denied service connection for a skin disorder of the feet and a dental disorder. The veteran's right ear hearing loss is considered likely due to noise exposure during his military service, while no current evidence supports the existence or etiology of the claimed skin disorders or dental conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's right ear hearing loss was likely caused by noise exposure during his military service and granted service connection for this condition. The absence of a current diagnosis and lack of evidence linking any skin disorder to service were used as grounds for denying service connection for these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- defective hearing in the right ear, skin disorder of the feet, dental disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0217055
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