The Board determined that the veteran's initial noncompensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was correct and maintained this rating.
The deciding factor: The RO ordered special audiological examinations to determine the veteran's current level of hearing loss, which showed no evidence of a compensable disability under either the old or new VA criteria for evaluating hearing impairment. The veteran did not have puretone thresholds at 55 dB or more in any frequency range, nor did he meet the criteria for evaluation based on Table VI (a) due to his speech discrimination scores.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0306507
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