Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence supports a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Board found credible the Veteran's lay statements of an onset of hearing loss symptoms during active service and considered the post-service medical evidence, including VA examination results, to support a direct link between the in-service noise exposure and the current bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011678
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