Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found a direct relationship between the Veteran's in-service hazardous noise exposure and his current bilateral hearing loss, despite no significant threshold shift during service or diagnosis at separation. The Veteran's credible lay statements provided additional support for this connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102277
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