The Board granted service connection for left ear and right ear hearing loss, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is etiologically related to his active-duty service, considering acoustic trauma has been conceded and no competing theories of etiology were offered by the VA examiners during the pendency of the claim. Additionally, because he has already been granted service connection for tinnitus, this fact adds weight to the claim that his hearing loss is also related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ear hearing loss, Right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099015
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