The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for right and left knee disabilities. The hearing loss claim remains denied as there is no showing of hearing loss during or after service, nor can it be presumed due to noise exposure. The knee disorder claim was previously denied in 1947 but new evidence has been submitted that may support reopening the claim.
The deciding factor: The most recent VA examination did not find any current hearing loss and the veteran's history of tinnitus does not meet the criteria for service connection as it is constant rather than transient. For the knee disorder, while there was a denial in 1947, new evidence has been submitted that may support reopening the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss, Bilateral Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 29, 2005
- Citation
- 0532090
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are not related to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hearing loss as there is no current diagnosis of a bilateral hearing disability for VA purposes, and the Veteran did not have a hearing loss disability at any time during or recent to the filing of his claim.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, asthma, and foot conditions, rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history throughout the appeal period.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hearing loss as there is no current diagnosis of a disability that meets VA's criteria for a disability.
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