The Board denied the veteran's claims for an effective date prior to October 26, 2000 for the grant of service connection for compensation and for bilateral hearing loss. The veteran was granted service connection for hypertension with a 10% evaluation effective October 26, 2000.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran filed a claim prior to October 26, 2000, which is more than one year after his separation from active service. The April 2001 VA audiometric examination failed to show right ear hearing loss disability as defined by VA regulation.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0327769
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