Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding no evidence that it was incurred in or related to his active service.
The deciding factor: The July 2024 VA examiner's medical opinion concluded that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was less likely than not due to his in-service hazardous noise exposure and there is no other evidence of a nexus between the current disability and any injury or disease during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086464
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