The Veteran's request to withdraw his right wrist disability claim has been accepted. The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a current hearing loss disability in his left ear, and therefore service connection for left ear sensorineural hearing loss is denied.,Service connection for right ear sensorineural hearing loss is granted based on continuity of symptomatology since service. However, the Board has remanded to obtain clarification regarding whether the Veteran currently has a hip or knee disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his claim for service connection for a right wrist disability.,Service connection requires a current disability and a link between that disability and service. The evidence does not show a current left ear hearing loss disability, so the claim is denied.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist disability, Left ear sensorineural hearing loss, Right ear sensorineural hearing loss, Right hip disability, Right knee disability, Left ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22035392
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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