The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral hearing impairment and an earlier effective date for a 10 percent disability rating for his left hip disability. The Board found that there was no evidence showing an increase in disability prior to March 30, 2001.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show any increase in the veteran's disability prior to the date of claim (March 30, 2001).
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Impairment, Left Posterior Lateral Crest (Gunshot Wound)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0617918
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing impairment but denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to a higher disability rating for tinnitus. The case is remanded for issuance of a statement of the case regarding the issue of a higher disability rating for tinnitus.
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