The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to the veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner linked the veteran's tinnitus to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, ear disorder, residuals of a right leg injury and scars, emphysema, lung cancer, bilateral knee disorder secondary to the service-connected disability of the feet, back disorder secondary to the service-connected disability of the feet, bilateral hip disorder secondary to the service-connected disability of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0331564
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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