The Board denied service connection for an ear disability manifested by earaches and wax build-up, but granted a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and assigned an effective date of April 30, 2001 for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a current diagnosis of an ear disease or link it to service.
- Claimed conditions
- earaches, ear wax build-up
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2007
- Citation
- 0715625
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