Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for shortness of breath and hypertension due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current diagnosis of hearing loss did not meet VA compensation standards, while the evidence was insufficient to establish a link between his in-service noise exposure and current respiratory or cardiovascular conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, shortness of breath, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102468
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