Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD with generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, while the Veteran's symptoms met the criteria for a 70 percent rating for PTSD and rendered him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105471
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