Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's hearing loss had its onset in service and was related to his military noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The deciding factor was the credible lay and medical evidence showing a nexus between the Veteran's in-service acoustic trauma and current bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090926
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