The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, right knee disability, and left knee pain disability. The Veteran's current disabilities are not considered to be related to his military service.,Service connection was also denied for asthma. The Veteran's current condition is not linked to his time in the military.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find evidence of a significant threshold shift in hearing acuity during service, and the examiner opined that the Veteran’s current bilateral hearing loss disability was less likely than not incurred or aggravated by service. For the right knee disabilities, the VA examiner noted no comparable level of degenerative changes in both knees, with left knee showing no evidence of degenerative changes.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss disability, right knee disability, left knee pain disability, asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22053153
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