Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for a headache disability due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The current disability of hearing loss was not shown, and the headaches were less likely than not related to in-service events or exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Headache disability (tension headaches)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095119
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