Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in approximate equipoise regarding the Veteran's tinnitus, leading to a grant of service connection when reasonable doubt is resolved in favor of the Veteran. For hearing loss, there was no competent evidence linking it to military noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098779
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