The Veteran's right ear hearing loss has been evaluated as noncompensable (zero percent) throughout the appeal period. The Board finds that his average pure tone threshold of 52.5 decibels and speech recognition ability of 96% do not warrant a compensable disability rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right ear hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation under VA's schedular criteria, as it does not result in puretone thresholds at each of the specified frequencies (1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hertz) being 55 decibels or greater.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ear Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1000863
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