Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as the probative medical evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The July 2025 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was less likely than not related to in-service noise exposure, while the April 2025 VA examiner found tinnitus to be less likely than not caused by or a result of military noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111022
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