The Board found that the Veteran's sensorineural hearing loss in his left and right ears did not manifest during service, did not display the required chronology of symptomatology, and has not been shown to be related to service. The same was true for bilateral tinnitus.
The deciding factor: No evidence of continuity of symptoms or a nexus between current disabilities and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ear sensorineural hearing loss, Right ear sensorineural hearing loss, Bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1747665
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