The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were not incurred or aggravated by service, nor are they otherwise related to such service. The claims for these conditions have been denied.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records did not show any complaints of or treatment for hearing loss or tinnitus during service. Audiometric testing at the time of separation examination did not reveal any hearing loss disability. There is no evidence of continuity of symptomatology after service and the Veteran's current assertions regarding hearing loss and tinnitus in service are inconsistent with the contemporaneous service records.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"bilateral hearing loss"}, {"conditionName":"tinnitus"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1028514
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