The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic bilateral hearing loss disability and chronic tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence of such disabilities during or shortly after active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no medical evidence linking the veteran's current conditions to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bilateral hearing loss disability, chronic bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2007
- Citation
- 0709230
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and chronic bilateral tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise that these conditions were incurred during active duty.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for chronic bilateral hearing loss disability and chronic tinnitus have been withdrawn. The appeal for service connection for chronic head injury residuals is being remanded.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, but the Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss disability remains pending and will be remanded to the RO.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain medical records and provide a VA examination to address the Veteran's claims of service connection for chronic low back disorder, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus.
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