Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss from February 1, 2024, but denied an increased rating prior to that date.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any additional symptoms of bilateral hearing loss that are not addressed by the rating schedule, and the Veteran's reported difficulties were consistent with a 20 percent rating for the entire appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096890
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