The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and assigned a 10% rating effective from August 21, 2000. The veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for right ear hearing loss was also granted. However, the decision did not address or grant service connection for left ear hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the earliest date of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus was August 21, 2000, when the veteran filed his initial claim for compensation benefits. The effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus is therefore set at this date.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0308806
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What this means for you
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