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The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is rated at zero percent, as the evidence does not show that it warrants a higher rating.,Service connection for left shoulder disability and Crohn’s disease are denied because there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to service. The Veteran's rash of the right foot and anxiety disorder do not have current diagnoses or etiological links to service. Service connection for acute myeloid leukemia was also denied due to a lack of in-service diagnosis.,The Veteran has not provided sufficient credible evidence to establish that any of his claimed conditions are related to service.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is rated at zero percent as the clinical evidence does not show that it warrants a higher rating. The Veteran did not provide medical or lay evidence linking his current hearing loss to service.,Service connection for left shoulder disability and Crohn’s disease are denied because there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to service. The Veteran's rash of the right foot and anxiety disorder do not have current diagnoses or etiological links to service. Service connection for acute myeloid leukemia was also denied due to a lack of in-service diagnosis.,The Veteran has not provided sufficient credible evidence to establish that any of his claimed conditions are related to service.

Claimed conditions
bilateral hearing loss, left shoulder disability, Crohn’s disease, rash of the right foot, anxiety disorder, acute myeloid leukemia
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
March 14, 2019
Citation
19118700

Veterans Law Judge

JOHN J CROWLEY

Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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