Denied
The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for right hip arthroplasty.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a compensable rating for the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss, as his audiometric results were noncompensable. The Board also found that the Veteran's reported symptoms of unsteadiness and a feeling of falling were not associated with his service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Right hip arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021716
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