The Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance of another, service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus have been withdrawn. Effective dates of January 25, 2005 have been granted for his service connection claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance of another during his August 2015 Board hearing. The effective dates were set at the date of receipt of his initial service connection claim, January 25, 2005, due to the submission of relevant service records that provided new evidence supporting his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2015
- Citation
- 1545411
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