The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that while he had current left ear hearing loss, there was no evidence of such a disability in service or within one year after service. The Board also found that the preponderance of medical evidence did not support a link between his current hearing loss and his military service, including acoustic trauma from combat exposure.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of competent medical evidence does not show a causal relationship between the veteran's current left ear hearing loss disability and his military service, including presumed acoustic trauma from combat exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0636768
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