The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current diagnoses of right ear hearing loss or a chronic disability of the thoracic spine. The left foot nerve pain (idiopathic flexure tendon contracture and associative non-malignant soft tissue mass) was not demonstrated in service and is not shown to be related to any in-service occurrence or event.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a current diagnosis for right ear hearing loss, thoracic spine disability, or left foot nerve pain. The veteran's complaints are not supported by objective medical findings or diagnoses during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss, Chronic disability of the thoracic spine, Left foot nerve pain (idiopathic flexure tendon contracture and associative non-malignant soft tissue mass)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0731721
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