The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current residuals of a perforated left eardrum, and therefore service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: There are no current residuals of the in-service injury to the left ear drum, which precludes granting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a perforated left eardrum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2011
- Citation
- 1131005
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board finds that the veteran's current residuals of a perforated left eardrum and bilateral hearing loss are not related to his active service, as there is no evidence of such conditions during his period of service. The claim for service connection is therefore denied.
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