Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability during the period on appeal.
The deciding factor: The December 2024 VA examiner found that it was less likely than not that any hearing loss was related to active duty service, based on normal hearing in all audiograms except one and no permanent threshold shifts during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002929
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