Excerpt from decision below: “In cases where noise exposure has been conceded, the Board must still determine whether a veteran is entitled to the combat presumption afforded under section 1154(b), because a failure to do so results in an analysis that “conflates the question of whether [a veteran] was exposed to acoustic trauma with the issue of whether he suffered … [Read more...] about Single Judge Application; Hearing loss; noise exposure has been conceded, the Board must still determine whether a veteran is entitled to the combat presumption afforded under section 1154(b); Reeves v. Shinseki, 682 F.3d 988, 998-99 (Fed. Cir. 2012);