The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as they were not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during active service.
The deciding factor: The August 2023 VA examiner's opinion addressing the direct relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and his in-service noise exposure was found to be more probative than the opinions relating such disorders to a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) due to an inaccurate factual premise regarding TERA.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015474
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