The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connection due to in-service acoustic trauma.,Service connection for a head scar is denied. The Board finds insufficient evidence to support the claim.,Service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity is remanded due to lack of sufficient evidence linking it to service exposure.,Service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity is also remanded for similar reasons.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's tinnitus was found at least as likely related to in-service acoustic trauma, with reasonable doubt resolved in his favor.,There is insufficient evidence linking the head scar to service. The Board finds no indication of an in-service event or injury that could support a claim for a head scar.,For peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, there was no direct evidence linking it to service exposure, but the Veteran's exposure to burn pits and oil well fires is conceded. Further examination is needed to determine if these exposures are related.,Similarly, for peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, the Board found insufficient evidence to link it to service exposure despite the Veteran's exposure to burn pits and oil well fires.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, head scar, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129266
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Decisions by this judge: 1,350 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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