Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss but denied it for migraine headaches, while remanding claims for left ankle, right ankle, and cervical spine degenerative arthritis.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence was at least in equipoise regarding the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss being related to his in-service noise exposure, leading to its grant. However, there was no sufficient evidence linking the Veteran's migraine headaches to service or any other service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Migraine headaches, Left ankle disability, to include loss of range of motion and pain, Right ankle disability, to include loss of range of motion and pain, Cervical spine degenerative arthritis with cervical facet arthropathy and retrolisthesis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103603
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