Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of February 26, 2016, for service connection of right ear hearing loss. The claim for a higher initial evaluation for bilateral hearing loss was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least approximately balanced or nearly equal that the Veteran meets the requirements for impaired hearing for the entire period on appeal, but a compensable percentage evaluation for hearing impairment has not been met at any point during the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25014517
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