The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's right ear hearing loss but not his left ear. The claim for PCT due to herbicide exposure is reopened, and a VA medical opinion concluded that there is no evidence of PCT during or within one year after service. The hearing loss in the left ear may be related to noise exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The February 2008 VA audiologist's opinion found no link between the veteran's left ear hearing loss and any acoustic trauma from service, thus not establishing service connection for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0841603
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