The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's current mild left ear hearing loss does not meet VA disability compensation criteria and there is no evidence of a current disability related to service. Right ear hearing loss was found to be related to active duty service.
The deciding factor: Right ear hearing loss was found to have been incurred during active duty service, as evidenced by the Veteran's exposure to acoustic trauma in service and his current mild hearing impairment that meets VA criteria for a qualifying disability.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, left maxillary sinusitis with allergic rhinitis, left hip degenerative joint disease, right hip degenerative joint disease, left wrist degenerative joint disease, right wrist sprain, left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- September 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1233290
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