Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a causal relationship between the current disability and harmful noise exposure during active duty.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's hearing was normal at separation with no significant threshold shift, and the IOM report indicated it is unlikely that delayed-onset hearing loss occurs after cessation of noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018671
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