Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss because the evidence did not show a current disability meeting VA's criteria.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's pure tone thresholds and speech recognition scores did not meet the numerical standards for a hearing loss disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25000858
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