The VA determined that there is no current diagnosis of residuals from an ear infection, and thus cannot grant service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish the existence of a current disability related to service, due to unreliable audiometric test results and the Veteran's failure to report for the latest examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Ear Infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1442955
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- Granted
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