Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence to support a link between the condition and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The May 2025 VA examination report found that it is less likely than not that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to his active-duty service, due to the lack of significant change in hearing during service and no evidence of a hearing problem or ear condition during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110287
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