Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions resulted from in-service hazardous noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate due to a lack of consideration of the Veteran's lay statements regarding his symptoms and civilian noise exposure. The Board resolved doubt in favor of the Veteran based on credible evidence of acoustic trauma during service and current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090016
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