Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss but denied service connection for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The February 2024 VA medical opinion was found inadequate, while the October 2024 opinion supported a link between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss. For tinnitus, there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or functional impairment related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106293
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