Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for tinnitus. The claims for pes planus and plantar fasciitis were remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the lack of evidence linking the Veteran's current hearing loss to his in-service noise exposure, while resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran regarding the onset of tinnitus during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, pes planus, plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25098980
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