Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no credible evidence of pathology in proximity to active service or within years of separation, and the most competent and probative evidence did not etiologically link the current disability to service.
The deciding factor: The April 2024 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's hearing loss was not related to service due to a lack of significant permanent hearing shift beyond test variability from entrance to separation.
- 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
- A25085649
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