The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be related to his service-connected right ear hearing loss. Service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus are granted, but malaria is not found to be related to service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the Veteran's right ear hearing loss and tinnitus based on a finding of direct service connection due to in-service noise exposure and secondary service connection respectively. Service connection for malaria was denied as there was no evidence of current disability or in-service disease/trauma related to Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- narcolepsy, sleep apnea, drowsiness or any other sleep condition, respiratory condition, chloracne, malaria, tinnitus, right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1760992
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The issues of foot disability and cardiovascular disorder are remanded for additional development.
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