Legal Opinion

Edward E. Meedel v. Eric K. Shinseki

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Decided November 4, 2009No. 08-1725PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIS, Judge:

U.S. Navy veteran Edward E. Meedel appeals, through counsel, from a May 20, 2008, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) decision that denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. Panel consideration is required to determine whether 38 C.F.R. § 3.385 (2009) — the regulation under which impaired hearing is determined to be a disability — provides for the averaging of auditory thresholds. The Court answers in the negative. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will affirm the Board’s May 2008 decision.

I. INTRODUCTION

In April 2006, Mr. Meedel submitted a service-connection…

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3Cited by6 opinions

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