The Board has granted service connection for the residuals of an infectious disease (meningitis) and bilateral hearing loss, finding that both conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: Service records show meningitis diagnosed after discharge, with a possible link to pre-service infections. Bilateral hearing loss is linked to noise exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an infectious disease (meningitis), bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0625978
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