The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is granted as service-connected, but his tinnitus and lung disorder are denied. The hypertension claim is remanded.,Service connection for PTSD has been granted with an effective date of February 16, 2011. Other issues remain pending.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to his in-service hazardous noise exposure.,While the Veteran reported having tinnitus since service, there is no current diagnosis of tinnitus and the VA examiner found no current subjective tinnitus. The Board finds that the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding of service connection for tinnitus.,The lung disorder claim was remanded due to conflicting evidence regarding its relationship to PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus, Lung disorder (presumed)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20013220
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