The Board has granted a 10 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected left ear otitis media and healed perforation, which is currently rated as noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence supports a 10 percent rating based on the presence of suppuration in the left ear.
- Claimed conditions
- left otitis media, healed perforation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0500881
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Decisions by this judge: 684 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for tinnitus and TDIU prior to June 29, 2010 is being remanded due to the need for further development.,Special monthly compensation (SMC) is also being remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for left otitis media was denied as there is no current diagnosis of the condition.,Service connection for a spine disability and balance problems secondary to perforated left tympanic membrane were also denied due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his service-connected left otitis media and eustachian tube dysfunction, as well as the issue of service connection for a disability manifested by earache and/or dizziness other than left otitis media and left Eustachian tube dysfunction, is being remanded due to incomplete development. The Veteran's attorney noted that the examiner did not review evidence submitted in support of his claim.
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