Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability meeting VA standards.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA examination did not show pure tone thresholds at 40 decibels or above, nor speech recognition scores below 94 percent in either ear, failing to meet the criteria for a hearing loss disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.385.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093022
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