The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to service and granted service connection for this condition. The other issues were not addressed due to lack of jurisdiction.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence showing a current disability (bilateral sensorineural hearing loss) and in-service noise exposure, which is presumed to cause such a disability when manifested within one year of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1713794
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