The Veteran's claims for a higher rating for his right hand disability, an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, and service connection for right ear hearing loss have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of current hearing loss in either ear or a nexus between the Veteran's hearing loss and military noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The January 2010 VA examination showed no current hearing loss in either ear, and the March 2010 private VA examination only supported this conclusion. The Board found that the Veteran's report of acoustic trauma from a grenade explosion did not support service connection for right ear hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- status post bone tumor removal, right thumb, with osteoarthritis, hearing loss, left ear, hearing loss, right ear
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1625251
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