The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection, while his hearing loss and skin cancer are denied due to lack of evidence linking the conditions to military service.
The deciding factor: Service connection for tinnitus was established based on credible testimony from the Veteran and a private audiologist. Service connection for hearing loss was denied as there was no evidence that noise exposure in service caused current hearing impairment, which had been stable since enlistment. Service connection for skin cancer was denied due to lack of evidence linking it to herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Skin Cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19114225
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