The Board has dismissed the appeal for an initial compensable rating for right ear drum perforation as there is no legal basis for the benefit sought.
The deciding factor: There is no legal basis for the award of the benefits sought due to the finality of the severance of service connection and the absence of a perfected appeal of that issue.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear drum perforation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2011
- Citation
- 1103999
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the veteran's claims for further development, including efforts to obtain service treatment records.
- Granted
The Veteran's decompression sickness residuals, including vertigo and right ear drum perforation, have been granted a rating of 30 percent.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic ear infections and right ear drum perforation, finding that there was no evidence to support a direct link between these conditions and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for TDIU is being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and the retrieval of relevant medical records. The issue will be re-adjudicated after these actions.
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