Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence placed the record in approximate balance regarding the onset of the hearing loss and there was credible evidence of acoustic trauma due to significant noise exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100032
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