The Board has determined that the preponderance of the evidence is against the claim for service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disorder, and thus the appeal is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a continuity of symptomatology for decades after discharge or linking any current bilateral hearing loss disorder to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0615509
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disorder, as there is no evidence that the Veteran's hearing loss was incurred or aggravated during active service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disorder as there was no evidence of a current disability under VA regulations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for additional development due to insufficient examination reports and potential exposure during reserve service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disorder and tinnitus, but has remanded both issues due to inconsistencies in the evidence regarding their etiology.
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