Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on his noise exposure during active duty service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a causal relationship between the current disability and the in-service noise exposure due to the conceded hazardous noise exposure and the Veteran's consistent reports of symptoms onset near the end of his service with persistence since, as well as the lack of medical opinion against it.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106453
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