The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, and vasodepressor syncope. The Veteran's claim for hypertension was remanded.,Service connection was not granted for the claimed conditions due to lack of evidence linking them to service or service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is no evidence showing a nexus between the claimed conditions and service, including noise exposure. The Veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus were not shown to have had their onset in service or within one year of separation from service.,For vasodepressor syncope, the Board noted that the Veteran did not experience symptoms related to this condition during his period of active duty and has no current diagnosis. For hypertension, the Board found that there is insufficient evidence linking it to service-connected ischemic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss Disability, Hypertension, Tinnitus, Vasodepressor Syncope
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19134567
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