The Board granted service connection for tinnitus effective September 21, 2004. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and hiatal hernia with GERD are currently rated at 30 percent each.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection effective as of the date he filed an informal claim on September 21, 2004. His bilateral hearing loss is rated at the maximum schedular rating (10%) and his hiatal hernia with GERD is currently rated at 30%.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1014685
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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