Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving any doubt in the Veteran's favor and attributing it to his service.
The deciding factor: The Board found credible the Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service noise exposure and subsequent hearing loss symptoms, and resolved all doubt in the Veteran's favor under the combat presumption.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015777
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