Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding no evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation and noting a lack of significant threshold shift during service.
The deciding factor: The Board found it less likely than not that the Veteran's hearing loss was due to his time in service based on normal audiograms at entrance and separation, absence of complaints or treatment for decades after service, and an opinion from a September 2024 examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25019887
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