The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing the Veteran has a current diagnosis of right ear hearing loss for VA purposes. The claim for service connection for a neck condition was remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The January 2024 VA examination results did not show a current hearing loss disability in the right ear, and there is no other competent evidence showing such a diagnosis. For the neck condition, the February 2024 examination report was found inadequate due to lack of supporting rationale for the negative nexus opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss, neck condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25103200
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