The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between in-service noise exposure and his current condition.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have a diagnosed right ear hearing disability at any point during or after service, and there was no medical evidence linking the current condition to in-service acoustic trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0605037
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for right ear sensorineural hearing loss to obtain additional medical evidence regarding its etiology, including considering the Veteran's presumed in-service toxic exposure risk activities.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for right ear sensorineural hearing loss, left ear sensorineural hearing loss, and tinnitus. The claims for anxiety, depression, PTSD, and feet and toes were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear sensorineural hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability for VA compensation purposes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right ear sensorineural hearing loss due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
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