Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and dismissed her appeal regarding the effective date of service connection for migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's hearing loss was more severe than noncompensable, and the concurrent election to file an appeal while another higher-level review request was pending was impermissible under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25019094
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