The Board granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, finding it to be at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's active military service.
The deciding factor: The August 2021 private medical opinion and the Veteran's lay statements were found to outweigh the negative opinions of the VA examiners due to their thorough consideration of in-service noise exposure and post-service progression of hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24070304
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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