Denied
The Board denied entitlement to increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hearing loss did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, and his hepatitis C was not linked to in-service disease or injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25013459
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