The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current ruptured right ear drum or hearing loss of the right ear, and thus service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no chronicity of a right ear drum rupture during service, and there is no evidence of continuity of symptomatology post-service. The recent VA examination did not result in a diagnosis of any right ear drum disability.
- Claimed conditions
- ruptured right ear drum, hearing loss of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0402255
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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