The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for gunshot wound residuals of the left foot and for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence of a claim prior to February 10, 1999 for the gunshot wounds and that the veteran did not have current bilateral hearing loss or any other condition related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the earliest possible effective date for the grant of service connection for gunshot wound residuals was February 10, 1999. For the claim for bilateral hearing loss, the Board found no evidence of a current disability and concluded that any hearing loss did not have its onset during or as a result of military service.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound residuals of the left foot, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0613245
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