The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, finding that the evidence does not support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is less likely than not caused by or a result of an event in military service. For tinnitus, the Veteran was granted service connection twice but has been assigned the maximum schedular disability rating available under Diagnostic Code 6260.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021411
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