Granted
The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, finding it to be etiologically related to the Veteran's in-service exposure to hazardous noise.
The deciding factor: The March 2025 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's right ear hearing loss is at least as likely as not caused by military noise exposures, based on his MOS and significant threshold shifts (STS) in both ears.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094951
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