The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected.,Bilateral hearing loss disability has not been established as a current disability for VA purposes.,High cholesterol is not considered a disability for which service connection can be granted.,Hypertension and prostate disorder are not found to have begun during active service or be related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.,Service connection for prostate disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's tinnitus was etiologically related to his military noise exposure. The VA examiner confirmed this finding and provided a medical opinion supporting the claim.,There is no evidence of hearing loss disability during service or within one year post-service, thus not meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(a).,High cholesterol is considered a lab finding and not a chronic disability warranting VA compensation.,The Veteran's hypertension was first diagnosed more than two years after his discharge from active duty, and did not manifest to a compensable degree within the one-year presumptive period following his separation. Additionally, there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease that could be related to these conditions.,There is insufficient evidence to establish service connection for prostate disorder as it was first diagnosed many years after discharge from active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, high cholesterol, hypertension, prostate disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2018
- Citation
- 18148864
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