The Board found that the veteran does not have a current hearing loss disability of the right ear and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA audiometric examination did not show any impairment in hearing acuity as defined by VA regulations, thus failing to meet the criteria for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss of right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0421171
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