The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating for his left ear chronic suppurative otitis media and service connection for an aneurysm as secondary to his left ear condition. The evidence did not support granting either claim.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions were provided by VA examiners and a neurosurgeon, who concluded that the veteran's aneurysm was not caused or aggravated by his chronic suppurative otitis media of the left ear.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic suppurative otitis media, Aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0709493
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
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