The Board denied the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss as it was not shown that the condition manifested during active service or within one year thereof, and there was no evidence linking the current disability to an in-service event.
The deciding factor: Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss did not manifest during the appellant's period of active service or for many years following service, and is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0816265
What this means for you
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