Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left ear hearing loss, finding no evidence of onset in service or a causal relationship to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no significant permanent shift in hearing threshold during service and no medical evidence demonstrating a causal relationship between the onset of hearing loss 30 years post-military discharge and in-service exposures to hazardous noise.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25003787
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