The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between her current hearing loss and military service. The TDIU claim was granted as the Veteran meets the criteria for unemployability due to her service-connected disabilities.,The DEA claim remains pending and will be remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection for right ear hearing loss could not be established as there was no evidence of a nexus between current hearing loss and military service, given the lack of significant shift in hearing thresholds from entrance to separation audiograms.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss, Migraines, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Eczema, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2021
- Citation
- 21010917
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