The Board denied service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA medical opinion found no current disability in the left ear, while the Cleveland VAMC assessment showed speech recognition ability meeting the criteria for a hearing loss disability in the right ear. The Board remanded the right ear issue due to an incomplete medical opinion regarding service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss disability, right ear hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108450
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