The Board has determined that the appellant's defective hearing in his right ear is related to service and has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA audiological evaluation confirmed a history of noise exposure during military service, leading to current defective hearing in the right ear.
- Claimed conditions
- defective hearing in the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0404255
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Decisions by this judge: 2,020 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.
- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for defective hearing in the left ear. The case is now being returned to determine if a compensable rating should be assigned for the right ear.
- Denied
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