Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of significant threshold shifts in either ear during active duty and a medical opinion stated that the Veteran's hearing loss is less likely than not attributable to in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the lack of documented significant threshold shifts in either ear during service and a medical opinion stating that the Veteran's hearing loss is unrelated to active-duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25015130
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