The Veteran's sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear was granted service connection. The Veteran's angular cheilitis claim was denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection for angular cheilitis was not established as there is no evidence of a current disability during or proximate to the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- sensorineural hearing loss of the right ear, angular cheilitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18101717
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for sensorineural hearing loss of the right ear, finding that it was related to the Veteran's active military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a jaw fracture, including dental disability, and for angular cheilitis as secondary to the service-connected jaw fracture.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for a higher rating for hearing loss and service connection for elbow tendonitis are being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and an opinion regarding the relationship between his service-connected conditions and his claimed disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for angular cheilitis and geographic tongue due to insufficient evidence regarding their onset during service.
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