Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss based on new and relevant evidence that tended to prove a missing element of nexus between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the Veteran, including scientific literature indicating that acoustic trauma causing hearing damage may not manifest as measurable shifts in decibel thresholds until some point after the acoustic trauma, was persuasive in establishing service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088113
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