The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for cervical spine.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA medical exam did not show an exceptional pattern of hearing impairment, and the Veteran's reported functional problems were consistent with the assigned noncompensable rating. For the cervical spine, the June 2022 VA medical opinion was found inadequate due to its reliance on the absence of service treatment records without considering the Veteran's statements.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Cervical Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016281
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