The Board found that the Veteran's ruptured left eardrum did not manifest during service or for many years after service, and thus was not incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a chronic condition or persistent symptoms within close proximity to service.
- Claimed conditions
- ruptured left eardrum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0936112
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a ruptured left eardrum, and aortic stenosis and mitral insufficiency. The claim for hypertension due to herbicide exposure is remanded.,Service connection for hypertension due to herbicide exposure is remanded as there is at least an indication that the Veteran's hypertension may be associated with his in-service herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is found to be etiologically related to in-service acoustic trauma. The issues of service connection for ruptured left and right eardrums are dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for myofascial pain syndrome as secondary to multiple scars, residuals of excision basal cell carcinoma, biopsies, actinic keratosis, and melanoma. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is found to meet the definition of a disability for VA purposes but the etiology of his ruptured left eardrum is unclear.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for residuals of a ruptured left eardrum was denied. The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70% since September 24, 2014.
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