The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for his right ear disability, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA examiners did not establish a link between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current retracted tympanic membrane or any other ear condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ear Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22004350
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right ear disability as there is no evidence of a current disability affecting the right ear during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right ear disability and hearing loss, finding that the Veteran did not have these conditions during his active duty service or any verified period of ACDUTRA. The evidence does not support a nexus between the current disabilities and military service.
- Granted
The veteran's right ear disability was incurred during active service and is granted service connection.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a right ear disability that is attributable to service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
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