Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not establish a link between the Veteran's current hearing loss and his in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The persuasive evidence weighed against a nexus between the Veteran's hearing loss and in-service noise exposure, including normal audiometric testing results during service and at separation, and no complaints of hearing loss until 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107023
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