Partly granted
The Veteran's appeal to reopen his service connection claim for tinnitus was denied. His claim for a compensable rating for tension headaches is also denied. The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for psychiatric disabilities and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the tinnitus claim, nor raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating it.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Tinnitus","diagnosis_codes":[]}, {"condition_name":"Psychiatric Disability (to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depressive Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder)","diagnosis_codes":["942.1","300.11","301.81"]}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19133083
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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