The Board has determined that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claims for service connection for sensorineural hearing loss, left knee degenerative joint disease, and left pre-Achilles and retrocalcaneal bursitis.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence linking any current disabilities to service or service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- sensorineural hearing loss, right ear, degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left knee, left pre-Achilles and retrocalcaneal bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0703845
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder, and left ear hearing loss. Other claims were denied or remanded.
- Dismissed
The appeal concerning the issues of service connection for lateral collateral ligament sprain, right and sensorineural hearing loss, right ear is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's ED is related to his service-connected conditions, specifically chondromalacia of the right knee and degenerative joint disease of the left knee.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether it had its onset during service. The decision resolves reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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