The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and an initial noncompensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's tinnitus is considered to have started during active duty, while his hearing loss was not shown at the time of his July 2009 VA examination but he had previously worked as an accountant with difficulty hearing in large groups.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a grant of service connection for tinnitus due to continuity of symptomatology. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is currently rated as noncompensably disabling under the provisions of Diagnostic Code 6100, and no compensable rating is warranted based on his audiometric test results.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1016727
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