Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided negative nexus opinions based on normal hearing at separation from service and medical literature not supporting delayed onset noise-induced hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085536
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