Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss has been granted. The Board found that the evidence was at least approximately balanced, and thus applied the benefit of the doubt doctrine in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board afforded more probative weight to a private medical opinion that linked the Veteran's hearing loss to in-service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005479
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