Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as the Veteran's current hearing loss does not meet the criteria to be considered a disability for VA compensation purposes.
The deciding factor: The right ear hearing loss did not meet the VA standards for hearing disability, and there was no evidence of a current left ear hearing loss disability. The Veteran's MOS had a high probability for noise exposure but lacked evidence of acoustic trauma or injury 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 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009655
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