Denied
The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss based on the absence of current disability under VA standards.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show impaired hearing in either ear that met the criteria for a disability as defined by 38 C.F.R. § 3.385, and there was no other basis to grant service connection or a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098207
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