The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss, and thus grants service connection for tinnitus. The claim for hepatitis C remains pending as it was not addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner opined that the Veteran's tinnitus is at least as likely as not a symptom of his service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1243171
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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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