The Veteran's appeals for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss prior to April 18, 2016 and an initial rating for bilateral hearing loss beginning on and after April 18, 2016 were denied. The appeal regarding entitlement to a temporary total evaluation for convalescence following treatment of a service-connected disability was not adjudicated.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left ear hearing loss resulted in no worse than Level V impairment prior to April 18, 2016 and beginning on and after April 18, 2016 the Veteran had no worse than a Level V hearing loss in the left ear and a Level I hearing loss in the right ear. There was also no evidence of surgery necessitating one month of convalescence following the Veteran's August 2010 left ear tympanomastoidectomy without ossicular chain reconstruction.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1728211
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