The Board found no evidence of a chronic condition related to the Veteran's ear infections during service, and thus denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: Post-service examiners did not find any current chronic ear conditions in the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Ear Infections, Otitis Media, Otitis Externa, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1641325
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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