Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a 10 percent disability rating for bilateral hearing loss effective November 1, 2016, and the claim for a compensable disability rating prior to that date was denied.
The deciding factor: Reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran warranted a higher level of hearing loss from November 1, 2016, resulting in a 10 percent rating, but no evidence supported a higher rating prior to that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021856
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