The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The audiologist's opinion that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was less likely than not caused by or a result of service due to normal hearing on enlistment and separation audiograms, lack of permanent positive threshold shift indicative of acoustic trauma, and absence of evidence supporting late-onset noise-induced hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss (BHL)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096642
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