Denied
The Board denied a rating greater than 20 percent for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss based on the November 2023 VA examination results.
The deciding factor: The speech discrimination scores were inconsistent with observed communication abilities, but the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine was not applied as the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085439
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