The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied, and the Board found that new and material evidence was not received to reopen any of these claims. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and anxiety disorder have been granted initial evaluations, but his tinnitus remains at a 10% evaluation. Effective dates for service connection are denied.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the Veteran’s claims for hypertension, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and urethral obstruction (swelling prostate), bilateral hearing loss, or tinnitus. The effective dates for service connection were also denied as there was no earlier formal or informal claim found.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and urethral obstruction (claimed as swelling prostate), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19123611
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- Remanded (sent back)
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