The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection, and his right shoulder disability (limitation of motion and instability) are each granted a separate rating. The Board also denied service connection for the Veteran's sleep disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise that the Veteran’s tinnitus was related to active duty service, while there were no current hearing loss or noise exposure during service as noted by the March 2015 VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Limitation of Motion, Right Shoulder Instability, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19130620
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus due to a lack of jurisdiction.
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