The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right-ear hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence of a disease or injury incurred in service and no chronicity of symptomatology. The Board also noted that the Veteran did not have sensorineural hearing loss to a compensable degree within one year of separation from active service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding of service connection for right-ear hearing loss due to lack of in-service incurrence or chronicity of symptomatology, and no evidence of a disease or injury incurred during service. The Board also noted that sensorineural hearing loss did not manifest within one year of separation from active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right-ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19190580
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