Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of bilateral hearing loss, as March 11, 2025, was determined to be the earliest possible effective date.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the requirement that a formal claim must be received within one year of an intent to file a claim, and no such formal claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was received prior to March 11, 2025.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094772
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