The Veteran's claim for a temporary total rating due to convalescence following surgery is denied. The claim for service connection for hearing loss in the right ear is also denied.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of right ear hearing loss meeting VA criteria, and the evidence does not establish that the disability began during or is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss, Right Ear, Tinnitus, Left Ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21023777
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