The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a perforated left tympanic membrane, status post mastoidectomy and labyrinthectomy are etiologically related to service. As such, service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided an opinion linking the current condition to the injury sustained in service, which was supported by the Veteran's statements regarding symptoms from service.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear condition, residuals of surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2012
- Citation
- 1226799
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions. The issues include left ear hearing loss, cervical strain, fatigue and full body muscle pain (claimed as chronic fatigue syndrome), tinea pedis, onychomycosis and tinea corporis (claimed as full body rash and bilateral foot fungus), and bilateral vision loss.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right ear condition with dizziness is granted service connection. The claims for left ear, heart, chest pain, prostate, stomach, neck, back, hip, ankle, and foot conditions are denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for his eye disability, which includes BRVO, chronic macular edema, and residuals of surgery, is being remanded due to the need to provide notice of old criteria for rating eye disabilities and possibly rate under new criteria.
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