The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's current hearing loss is related to his in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found a positive nexus between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss symptoms, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (hearing loss)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2026
- Citation
- A26029341
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