The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a hearing loss disability as defined by VA standards, and therefore service connection for bilateral high frequency sensorineural hearing loss is denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's audiometric testing did not meet the threshold criteria for a hearing loss disability under VA regulations (38 C.F.R. § 3.385).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral high frequency sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0623195
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What this means for you
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