Granted
The Board grants service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and squamous cell carcinoma based on the evidence of record being in equipoise.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether each condition is related to service, specifically due to toxic exposure risk activities (TERAs) including herbicide agent exposure and hazardous noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, squamous cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090766
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