Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability as the evidence did not support a finding that it had its onset in service or manifested to a compensable degree within the applicable presumptive period.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions were highly persuasive and indicated no link between the Veteran's current hearing loss disability and his in-service noise exposure, with normal hearing acuity on entry and exit from service and no positive significant threshold shifts during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106596
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