The Board granted an effective date of December 13, 2013, for the grant of service connection for right ear sensorineural hearing loss but denied a compensable disability rating.

The deciding factor: The appellant's hearing loss was shown at the time of his initial claim in December 2013, and there is no evidence of a more severe level of hearing impairment during the appeal period.

Claimed conditions

right ear sensorineural hearing loss

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

0%

Decision date

March 10, 2025

Citation

A25021635

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