The Board found that the Veteran's claimed disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss and arthralgias of wrists, hips, knees, and ankles, were not incurred or aggravated by military service. The evidence did not support a finding of current disability for any of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show current diagnoses of the Veteran's claimed disabilities and the Board found that his hearing loss was not caused by in-service noise exposure as he had normal hearing at separation from service, and there was no evidence of aggravation over time. The arthralgias were attributed to synovitis or other non-military causes.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Arthralgia of wrists, hips, knees, and ankles, Numbness and tingling of hands, Numbness and tingling of feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1026987
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