The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus of the left ear and residuals of a left shoulder injury, finding that new and material evidence was submitted. The conditions are deemed to have been incurred during active service.
The deciding factor: New medical opinions provided since the last denial indicated a causal link between the veteran's current conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus of the left ear, residuals of a left shoulder injury with impingement syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0101714
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis for the period prior to January 13, 2014.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following gainful employment consistent with his educational and occupational experience.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's character of discharge was upgraded to under honorable conditions (general), thus removing any bar to VA benefits. The underlying merits of the service connection claims will now be adjudicated.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's tinnitus, head injury residuals, kidney infection residuals, and frostbite of the feet did not have their onset in service or are otherwise related to service. As a result, the claims for these conditions were denied.
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