The Board has determined that the Veteran's hearing loss of the right ear and tinnitus are not related to his service or any incident therein, including noise exposure. As such, the claims for service connection have been denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the Veteran's current hearing loss of the right ear and tinnitus to his period of active service, including in-service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Right Ear Hearing Loss","severityLevel":null,"diagnosisDate":null}, {"conditionName":"Tinnitus","severityLevel":null,"diagnosisDate":null}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1019842
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What this means for you
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