The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are granted as service-connected due to in-service noise exposure.,Fibromyalgia is granted as service-connected based on presumptive service connection for undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus are related to acoustic trauma during service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.,Fibromyalgia is presumed as a qualifying chronic disability due to undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, fibromyalgia, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19118919
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