Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as there was no evidence of these conditions during the appellant's period of ACDUTRA, and the current conditions were not related to his military noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The April 2021 VA examiner opined that the appellant's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are less likely than not caused by or aggravated by military noise exposure due to a lack of significant threshold shift during service and the delayed onset of symptoms.
- 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 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105811
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