Granted
The Board grants service connection for bilateral hearing loss based on the Veteran's credible report of in-service noise exposure and current diagnosis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that 'clear and convincing' evidence has not been produced to rebut the combat presumption under 38 U.S.C. § 1154(b).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- 25004148
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