The Board denied service connection for hearing loss of the right ear as there was no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury, and medical evidence linking the current disability to that in-service disease or injury.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of record indicating that the veteran's current right ear hearing loss is related to his active service. The veteran's service medical records do not show any complaints, treatment, or diagnoses of right ear hearing loss during service, and there is no evidence of sensorineural hearing loss within one year of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0901393
What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hearing loss of the right ear, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
All appeals for service connection and rating reduction were dismissed due to concurrent election of review options.
- Granted
The veteran's service connection for hearing loss in the right ear has been granted based on a medical nexus established between military noise exposure and the current diagnosis.
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