The Board granted service connection for bilateral ear hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his current condition was aggravated during active duty.
The deciding factor: The presumption of aggravation was not rebutted by clear and unmistakable evidence, and the Board resolved reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093401
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,113 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to a single service-connected disability was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral ear hearing loss, peripheral vestibular disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disability due to issues with the previous decisions and need for additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral ear hearing loss as there is no credible medical or lay evidence showing a diagnosis of a hearing loss disability for VA purposes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examinations for bilateral ear hearing loss, right hip condition, and left knee condition are inadequate. The claims must be remanded to obtain new opinions from appropriate VA examiners.
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