The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for hearing loss disability of the left ear and found that new and material evidence has been received. However, the claim is denied as the preexisting hearing loss did not increase in severity during service.
The deciding factor: The August 2006 VA examiner concluded that the veteran's current left ear hearing loss is not likely the result of military noise exposure and found no Standard Threshold Shift for the left ear during his period of military service.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss disability of the left ear
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0840310
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