The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability for which service connection can be granted, as there is no evidence of hearing loss, headaches, or a bilateral leg condition during service or within one year thereafter. The Veteran's complaints are not supported by medical evidence and the passage of many years since separation from active duty further weighs against his claims.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support the Veteran's assertions regarding hearing loss, headaches, or a bilateral leg condition as they were not present during service or within one year thereafter. The absence of clinical treatment records and the passage of many years since separation from active duty are probative against continuity of symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Headaches, Bilateral Leg Condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1016806
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