Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding the Veteran's statements regarding continuity of symptoms to be highly competent and credible.
The deciding factor: The Board found the August 2021 and September 2024 VA medical opinions inadequate due to reliance on an IOM report with apparent qualifiers or contradictions. The Veteran's lay statements were deemed highly competent and credible, leading to a grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100533
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