The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and residuals of cold injury, to include arthritis of hands, legs, and feet. The evidence did not establish a direct link between these conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no medical evidence linking the current disabilities to service or any inservice noise exposure for hearing loss, and no evidence of an inservice cold injury or its residuals for arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss, Tinnitus, Residuals of cold injury, to include arthritis of hands, legs and feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- September 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0628860
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