The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected, and he is assigned a 10% rating for his hypertension. The claims of secondary service connection for urinary frequency, headaches, sleep condition, and skin condition are remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the grant of service connection for tinnitus based on continuity of symptomatology since service. For hypertension, the Veteran's diastolic pressure is predominantly 100 or more requiring continuous medication.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19116372
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