The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for tinnitus and found it to be well grounded. Further development of evidence is warranted, including VA examinations to confirm the diagnosis of tinnitus and to ascertain its etiology.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since the 1991 RO decision includes a diagnosis of tinnitus in medical records from 1995 and 1997, which must be considered in order to fairly decide the merits of the claim for service connection for tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0014052
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