The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for prostate cancer, lumbosacral strain, and a higher rating for TBI.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hearing loss did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating based on audiometric test results. The Board found no exceptional pattern of hearing impairment that would warrant an extraschedular rating. The claims for service connection were remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding exposure and causation.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, Prostate cancer, Lumbosacral strain, Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095071
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