Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 VA medical opinion, considering all pertinent evidence, concluded that there is no significant threshold shift or evidence of hearing loss within 5 years of separation, thus denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020729
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