The Board found no evidence of a current perforated right tympanic membrane or any residual disability due to such, and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing that the veteran currently has a perforated right tympanic membrane or any residual disability related to his period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Perforated right tympanic membrane
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0410131
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's perforated right tympanic membrane, which was identified shortly after service in 1998 and found to be asymptomatic, is related to his active duty service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for his claimed conditions are denied as there is no credible evidence of in-service injury or disease, and the preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding of a nexus between any current disability and service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic recurrent right ear infections and a zero percent rating is the only evaluation allowed for a perforated tympanic membrane under applicable rating criteria.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current perforated right tympanic membrane and therefore cannot establish service connection for this condition.
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