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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2011
- Citation
- 1131005
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain or maintain a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted his claim for TDIU.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran does not currently have residuals of a perforated left eardrum and concluded that his sinusitis was not incurred or aggravated in service.
- Whole decision: 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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