Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on the Veteran's credible lay statements and conceded acoustic trauma during service.
The deciding factor: The evidence is, at worst, evenly balanced or approximately so with regard to whether the Veteran's current hearing loss and tinnitus had their onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019836
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