The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a current diagnosis of myocardial ischemia or hearing loss and tinnitus, and the veteran's claims for these conditions are denied.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to support the diagnoses of myocardial ischemia and hearing loss with tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Myocardial ischemia, Ruptured right eardrum with hearing loss and tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0824975
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- Granted
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