Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that it is at least as likely as not related to in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss disability resulted from in-service noise exposure, and thus granted service connection after affording the Veteran the benefit of the doubt.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096088
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