Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding the evidence to be approximately evenly balanced as to whether it is related to noise exposure in service.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the credible reports of in-service acoustic trauma and the opinion from a qualified medical professional that the Veteran's hearing loss can be at least partially related to his noise exposure in service, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095310
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