Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and remanded the claims for left upper extremity CTS and right upper extremity CTS.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of a current bilateral hearing loss disability, while the July 2023 opinion was found inadequate due to an incorrect factual basis regarding in-service complaints of symptoms consistent with carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss disability, Left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), Right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090043
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