The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and residuals of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including urethral stricture, finding that no new and material evidence had been received to reopen the claim for bilateral hearing loss. The Board also determined that there was insufficient medical evidence to establish a link between the claimed conditions and active service.
The deciding factor: The VA did not find any new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and the medical evidence did not support a finding of in-service aggravation or incurrence of these conditions. The residuals of STDs were also not found to be related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), urethral stricture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0424031
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