Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not support a link between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The September 2024 VA examination provided a negative nexus opinion, and there was no other probative evidence to establish a link between the in-service noise exposure and the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090141
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