The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a left knee condition, and right knee strain as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or otherwise related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence weighed against a finding of a nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's military service due to lack of significant hearing loss during service and no chronicity or continuity of symptomatology post-service, as well as no credible evidence supporting the theory of direct service connection for these knee conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, left knee condition, right knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105478
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