Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for tinnitus due to insufficient evidence regarding toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) under the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on a favorable finding of in-service noise exposure causing current bilateral hearing loss, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102996
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