Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss but denied an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's right ear hearing loss is related to service, while there was no sufficient evidence to warrant a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the average pure tone thresholds and speech recognition scores.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097821
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