The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current hearing loss disability in his left ear, and therefore cannot establish service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence shows no current hearing loss disability as defined by VA regulations, and there is no medical opinion linking any current hearing loss to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss of the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0614990
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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