Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a lack of evidence supporting a link between these conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not persuasively support that the Veteran's current hearing loss or tinnitus was related to his in-service noise exposure, as there were no in-service complaints or diagnoses, and the onset of symptoms occurred years after discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25105112
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