The Veteran's claims for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and headaches were denied in October 1985. He later submitted new evidence to reopen these claims in September 1992 and February 1996, respectively.,An effective date of December 27, 1995 was assigned for the grant of service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not explicitly raise his claims for headaches until February 1996, which is after the effective date of December 27, 1995.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2018
- Citation
- 18145036
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