The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and an initial 10 percent disability rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's current hearing impairment is at least as likely as not related to his military service, but the VA examiner found no threshold shift in his right ear during service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence of record is at least in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran’s right ear hearing loss was caused by or incurred during his period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss, Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- A19000982
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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