The Board found that the Veteran does not have current hearing loss disability as defined by VA, and thus denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. For hypertension and coronary artery disease, the Board determined there was no evidence of a chronic condition in service or within one year after separation from service, and therefore denied service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service treatment records did not show complaints, treatments, or diagnoses related to heart problems during his period of service. The first post-service medical evidence of any heart problems came more than a decade after separation from service, and there was no clear link between the Veteran's in-service elevated blood pressure readings and his current conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, hypertension, coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2011
- Citation
- 1120555
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