Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for hearing loss in either ear but granted service connection for bilateral flatfoot (pes planus) as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence was not persuasive that the Veteran's hearing loss is related to noise exposure in service, while there was at least an equal probability that his bilateral flatfoot developed from the biomechanical effects of his service-connected right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss in either ear, Bilateral flatfoot (pes planus)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102938
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