The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence was in approximate balance and resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The likelihood is approximately evenly balanced, if not higher, that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss had its onset during service. As the reasonable doubt created by this relative equipoise in the evidence must be resolved in favor of the Veteran, entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103826
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