The Board finds that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a perforated right ear drum or hearing loss, and thus cannot establish service connection for these conditions. The claim of reopening the previously denied fungal infection of bilateral ears is also denied as new evidence did not show the presence of such an infection.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not support a current diagnosis of a perforated right ear drum or severe hearing loss, and there was no indication that either condition was incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Perforated right ear drum, Severe hearing loss of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0632860
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