The Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted based on the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined use of speech discrimination scores was inappropriate due to language difficulties, inconsistent scores, etc., and thus only puretone measurements were used for evaluation. The resulting percentage under Table VII is 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 20, 2026
- Citation
- A26015547
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