Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability meeting VA's criteria for hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The February 2024 VA audiogram did not show any frequency at or above 40 decibels, and the speech recognition scores were all above 94 percent, failing to meet the criteria for a hearing loss disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.385.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105971
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