Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability but granted service connection for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a direct link between the Veteran's current disabilities and his in-service noise exposure, except for tinnitus which is linked to an in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss disability, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097441
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