The Board denied service connection for hearing loss in the right ear and did not address the issue of an initial compensable rating for hearing loss in the left ear. The veteran was provided with a statement of the case addressing the denial of the initial compensable rating for the left ear, but no substantive appeal has been filed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no evidence linking the current right ear hearing loss to service and denied the claim based on the absence of in-service hearing loss or any medical nexus between service and current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss in the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0406422
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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