The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss due to the lack of a current disability, and remanded the issue of service connection for kidney cancer for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran had a current disability of right ear hearing loss or a medical nexus between kidney cancer and in-service incurrences.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss in the right ear, kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25043226
What this means for you
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