Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a credible lay statement and medical evidence supporting noise exposure during service as the cause of the Veteran's current hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25010111
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