The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, to include as secondary to service-connected tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The August 2012 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's left ear hearing loss was less likely than not caused by in-service acoustic trauma. There is no evidence of a current disability in the right ear for VA purposes during the pendency of the claim, and the Veteran does not have the expertise to provide an opinion on his own condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25013899
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