The Board denied service connection for hearing loss in the right ear and granted a noncompensable evaluation for postoperative left ankle fracture. The Veteran's hearing loss claim was not supported by competent medical evidence, while his ankle fracture is characterized by slight limitation of motion.
The deciding factor: There is no current evidence of hearing loss in the right ear meeting VA criteria for service connection and the Veteran has not provided any private or VA treatment records related to this condition. The left ankle fracture was diagnosed during service and the current evaluation does not meet the legal criteria for a compensable disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss in the Right Ear, Postoperative Left Ankle Fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1047475
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