The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence to support a direct link between his in-service noise exposure and current hearing loss, or that his pre-existing left ear hearing loss was aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the Veteran's right-ear hearing loss was not related to his service due to the lack of evidence of complaints or treatment for hearing-loss issues during service. The left ear hearing loss was determined to have preexisted service and was not permanently aggravated beyond its natural progression.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25014394
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