Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced as to whether the Veteran's current tinnitus either arose in or is related to service; however, there was no persuasive evidence of a current diagnosis of bilateral hearing loss for VA compensation purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25087017
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