The Board denied service connection for right and left hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and no causal relationship between the claimed conditions and military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's hearing loss had its onset during service or manifested to a compensable degree within the applicable presumptive period; nor was there continuity of symptomatology or a nexus to service based on hazardous noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- right hearing loss, left hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098118
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 828 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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