The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not support a current disability. The appeal was also remanded to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus with metatarsalgia and plantar fasciitis.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran does not have a hearing loss disability for VA purposes, as his pure tone thresholds at the enumerated frequencies are all less than 40 decibels, he did not have thresholds for at least three frequencies that were 26 decibels or greater, and his speech recognition score was in excess of 94 percent in each ear.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Bilateral pes planus with metatarsalgia and plantar fasciitis (claimed as foot pain)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097800
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