The veteran's hearing loss is rated as noncompensable from June 20, 2000 to June 16, 2006 and as 40 percent disabling effective June 17, 2006. The Board found that the criteria for a higher rating were not met.
The deciding factor: The RO assigned a 40% disability rating based on exceptional patterns of hearing loss under Diagnostic Code 6100, but the Board determined that this did not meet the criteria for a higher rating as the intersection point in Table VII did not exceed the levels contemplated for the currently assigned 40% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2007
- Citation
- 0700970
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