Denied
The Board denied service connection for left ear hearing loss and a compensable evaluation for right ear hearing loss, while remanding the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of current disability or nexus to service for the claimed conditions, except for the March 2024 audiometry results which showed left ear hearing loss but were insufficient to establish service connection due to their non-VA nature and lack of continuity of symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019319
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