The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, but denied service connection for otitis externa of the right ear and left ear due to lack of current medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The veteran's tinnitus was linked to military noise exposure, while his claims for otitis externa were not supported by current medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- otitis externa of the right ear, otitis externa of the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2007
- Citation
- 0702963
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