Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran and finding that his hearing loss had onset during active service and was related to military acoustic trauma.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's credible reports of hearing loss during service and the lack of a threshold shift at separation, with the benefit of the doubt doctrine applied.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089152
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