The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is found to be service-connected. The right ear hearing loss does not meet VA's regulatory definition of hearing loss.
The deciding factor: VA audiometric testing did not show hearing loss in the right ear by VA standards, and no post-service medical evidence contradicted this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- Periodontal Disease/Gingivitis, Hearing Loss (Right Ear), Hearing Loss (Left Ear)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2013
- Citation
- 1316551
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