The Veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for a right knee disorder, and service connection for a left knee disorder were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of a compensable evaluation for his bilateral hearing loss or service connection for his knee disorders.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations showed no more than mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss in both ears and chronic strain of the right and left knees, without arthritis or causally related to service. The Veteran's speech recognition ability was good despite his complaints of difficulty understanding people with background noise.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, right knee disorder, left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2013
- Citation
- 1309464
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