The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected.,The issues of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral eye disorder, a lung disorder, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, and type II diabetes mellitus are remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The Veteran's lung disorder is remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The Veteran's prostate cancer is remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The Veteran's type II diabetes mellitus is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: There is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s tinnitus had its onset during active duty, and thus service connection for tinnitus is granted under the chronicity provision of 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b).,The issues of entitlement to service connection are remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The issue of entitlement to service connection is remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The issue of entitlement to service connection is remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The issue of entitlement to service connection is remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The issue of entitlement to service connection is remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The issue of entitlement to service connection is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral eye disorder (claimed as secondary to environmental toxins and type II diabetes mellitus), bilateral hearing loss, lung disorder (claimed as secondary to environmental toxins, including gases, herbicide agents, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and other chemicals), prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction (claimed as secondary to prostate cancer and type II diabetes mellitus), type II diabetes mellitus (claimed as secondary to herbicide-agent exposure)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19148966
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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