Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's tinnitus is causally or etiologically related to service, while there was no current diagnosis of bilateral hearing loss during the pendency of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096287
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