Denied
The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss prior to January 28, 2020, and a rating higher than 20 percent beginning January 28, 2020.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hearing loss did not meet the criteria for the requested ratings based on audiometric testing results.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001274
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