The veteran's claims for increased ratings for his left knee disabilities and service connection for bilateral hearing loss were all granted. The effective date is not specified.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the veteran's current hearing loss was due to acoustic trauma incurred in service, which supported granting service connection for bilateral hearing loss. For the left knee issues, the VA examination noted significant laxity and provided a separate evaluation based on Diagnostic Code 5257.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, internal derangement left knee with osteoarthritis, internal derangement left knee with mild anterior cruciate laxicity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0412254
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