The Board has determined that the veteran is entitled to service connection for otitis media and mastoiditis, finding that there is reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran's claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise on whether the veteran's otitis media and mastoiditis are related to his active service, resolving in favor of the veteran due to the benefit of the doubt rule.
- Claimed conditions
- otitis media, mastoiditis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0637833
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