The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied as his pure tone thresholds did not meet the criteria for any higher rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's pure tone thresholds were consistently at or below levels that would warrant a noncompensable rating, and he did not have other factors such as speech recognition scores meeting higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2017
- Citation
- 1710756
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral ear hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his current condition was aggravated during active duty.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to a single service-connected disability was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral ear hearing loss, peripheral vestibular disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disability due to issues with the previous decisions and need for additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral ear hearing loss as there is no credible medical or lay evidence showing a diagnosis of a hearing loss disability for VA purposes.
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