The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a right ear disability that is attributable to service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any current right ear disability related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ear Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0635312
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Decisions by this judge: 1,177 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0635312.
What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for his right ear disability, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his active duty service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right ear disability as there is no evidence of a current disability affecting the right ear during the pendency of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right ear disability and hearing loss, finding that the Veteran did not have these conditions during his active duty service or any verified period of ACDUTRA. The evidence does not support a nexus between the current disabilities and military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran's right ear disability was incurred during active service and is granted service connection.
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