Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's bilateral hearing loss, finding that it did not originate in service and is not related to military noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found no nexus between the veteran's current hearing loss and military noise exposure during his service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25000758
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