New and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for a right ankle condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and back and right knee conditions. The Veteran's current symptoms are consistent with these diagnoses.,Service connection is granted for tinnitus due to in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: For the reopened claims of service connection for a right ankle condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and back and right knee conditions, there is new evidence that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims. For the reopened claim of service connection for tinnitus, the Veteran's lay statements support a finding of in-service noise exposure.,Service connection is granted for tinnitus as it is at least as likely as not related to in-service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ankle Condition, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, Back Condition, Right Knee Condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18143109
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