Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to August 7, 2023, for the grant of a 20 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss and also denied a higher rating from that date.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a compensable level of hearing loss during the relevant periods, and thus, a higher or earlier effective date was not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25086970
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