The Board denied the claim of CUE in the July 9, 2015 rating decision and granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus effective March 23, 2022.
The deciding factor: The AOJ properly considered the relevant evidence when it denied the claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and for tinnitus in the July 9, 2015 rating decision. The arguments presented by the Veteran and his former service representative essentially disagreed with how the AOJ weighed the record evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084893
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