Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not support a direct relationship between the Veteran's current condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was less likely than not caused by or a result of his military service due to low probability of hazardous noise exposure in his Military Occupational Specialty and lack of evidence of hearing loss during service or soon after.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019245
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