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Granted

The Board has determined that the appellant's tinnitus is caused by his service-connected hearing loss in the left ear, and thus grants service connection for tinnitus.

The deciding factor: Service connection granted based on secondary service connection due to the relationship between the service-connected hearing loss in the left ear and the current tinnitus.

Claimed conditions
{"conditionName":"Hearing Loss in the Right Ear"}, {"conditionName":"Tinnitus"}
How they argued it
Secondary to another service-connected condition
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
May 1, 2013
Citation
1314417

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