The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected bilateral defective hearing does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating. The claim for gastritis is addressed in the REMAND portion of this decision and is REMANDED to the RO. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for bilateral knee disability remains denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected bilateral defective hearing does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable VA rating schedule, as his pure tone thresholds do not reach the levels required for a 10 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral defective hearing, Gastritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2005
- Citation
- 0515535
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