The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected right ear sensorineural hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The VA audiometric evaluations showed no significant change in the veteran's hearing loss over time, and thus did not warrant a higher noncompensable (zero percent) disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2007
- Citation
- 0708171
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