The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an increased rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current bilateral hearing loss disability or that the severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms more closely approximated total occupational and social impairment for an increased PTSD rating. The Board also found no probative evidence supporting service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105863
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