The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left ear condition, finding that there is no diagnosis of the claimed condition and no functional impairment.
The deciding factor: There was no diagnosis of the left ear condition and the Veteran does not have any functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear condition, otitis externa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19190820
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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