Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's pure tone thresholds and speech discrimination scores did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under DC 6100.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002858
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