The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 10 percent rating for service-connected impaired hearing was denied.,The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his service-connected hearing loss from November 20, 2007, was also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the October 1976 rating decision contained CUE and the current criteria for rating hearing impairment were correctly applied.,The Veteran's hearing acuity did not warrant a higher than 10 percent disability rating from November 20, 2007.
- Claimed conditions
- Impaired hearing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18118395
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