Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in balance as to whether these conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion and the Veteran's lay testimony were given greater weight than the VA examiner's opinions due to their consistency with the nature of his service and conceded noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092858
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