Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his hearing loss is related to his in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found the VA examiner's opinion inadequate and resolved all doubt in the Veteran's favor based on his lay statements and the conceded in-service acoustic trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019828
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