The Board denied service connection for left ear hearing loss disability and bilateral cataracts, finding no evidence of a nexus between the current disabilities and service.
The deciding factor: The VA did not find any competent evidence linking the current diagnoses to service.
- Claimed conditions
- cataracts, left ear hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0410012
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that it is at least as likely as not related to in-service noise exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss disability but denied it for left ear hearing loss disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cataracts, finding that there was no medical evidence linking the condition to his active service or a service-connected disability.
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