The Board has withdrawn the Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, facial skin blemishes, and a prostate disability; entitlement to an increased rating for epidermophytosis; and entitlement to a compensable rating for malaria. The Veteran's tinnitus was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not establish a connection between the Veteran's current tinnitus and his military service, as there were no complaints of tinnitus during service and the first medical evidence of a diagnosis was many years after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, Peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus, Facial skin blemishes, Prostate disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0926503
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