Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus due to a lack of evidence supporting a causal link between these conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided did not establish a nexus between the Veteran's current hearing loss and tinnitus and his military service, given the lack of in-service symptoms and the presence of significant post-military noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090850
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