The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a nexus between the disability and his active military service.
The deciding factor: The May 2023 VA examiner provided an opinion that it was less likely than not that the Veteran's hearing loss was related to in-service noise exposure, based on normal hearing at separation without significant threshold shifts, and the lack of contemporaneous complaints or treatment for hearing decrease during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018021
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