Supplemental Department of Veterans Affairs                                 Page 1
Statement of the Case Boise Regional Office 01/30/2004

NAME OF VETERAN VA FILE NUMBER SOCIAL SECURITY NR POA
Hugh C. Rowland 23 766 319 AMERICAN LEGION

ISSUE:

1. Service connection for hearing loss.
2. Service connection for tinnitus.
3. Service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder.

EVIDENCE:

• Your Army Personnel Records
• Your Substantive Appeal Form 9 with attached statement
• Vet Center records October 30, 2002 to December 3, 2003
• VAMC Boise Psychiatric Evaluation dated October 7, 2003
• Letter dated November 25, 2003 from Terry Tippery LCSW
• Neuropsychological Evaluation dated November 24, 2003 by William A Carroll Ph.D.
• Photographs presented at the personal hearing
• Records received from the Social Security Administration
• VA Examination, VAMC Boise, dated January 9, 2004
• Treatment Reports, Dr. Avery Seifert, from October 11, 1989 through April 28, 2003
• Your testimony at the personal hearing held on December 16, 2003

ADJUDICATIVE ACTIONS:

12-16-2003 Substantive Appeal received.

12-16-2003 The veteran presented evidence and testimony at the personal hearing.

01-09-2004 Board of Psychiatrists/Psychologists convened at VAMC Boise.

DECISION:

1. Service connection for hearing loss is denied.
2. Service connection for tinnitus is denied.
3. The previous denial of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder is confirmed and continued.

REASONS AND BASES:

1. Service connection for hearing loss.