The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the current disability and his active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no significant threshold shift in either ear during service beyond testing variability, and concluded that auditory damage was not established by noise exposure alone. The Board also noted the Veteran's denial of hearing loss at separation as more credible than his current recollections made decades after service discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107614
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