The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for left ear conditions, but finds that there is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his active service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current left ear disabilities to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left chronic suppurative otitis media, tympanic membrane perforation, chronic mastoiditis, mild to moderate hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0639287
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What this means for you
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