The veteran's service-connected hearing loss of the right ear is currently rated as noncompensable (0 percent). The Board finds that the evidence does not support a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The audiometric results show level I hearing in the right ear, which corresponds to a noncompensable evaluation under VA's rating schedule for hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0501291
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hearing loss of the right ear, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep impairment and hearing loss of the right ear, and a 30 percent rating for residuals of a left eye injury from April 27, 1998. The claim for a higher rating was denied.
- Dismissed
All appeals for service connection and rating reduction were dismissed due to concurrent election of review options.
- Granted
The veteran's service connection for hearing loss in the right ear has been granted based on a medical nexus established between military noise exposure and the current diagnosis.
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