The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and acquired psychiatric conditions, including non-specific depression disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder, were not incurred in or aggravated by his active service. The evidence does not support a finding of continuity of symptomatology for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of probative evidence shows that the Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was not related to his active service due to normal audiometric results at separation and no reported noise exposure during service. For his acquired psychiatric conditions, there is insufficient evidence showing a nexus between his in-service experiences and current diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Non-specific Depression Disorder, Unspecified Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2018
- Citation
- 1806913
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