The Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss is denied as he does not have a current diagnosis of bilateral hearing loss.,The Veteran's claim for tinnitus is granted as his symptoms are related to service exposure to acoustic trauma.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show the presence of a current disability and no causal relationship between in-service noise exposure and current tinnitus was established.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right shoulder injury, neck injury, low back injury, left knee injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20067229
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
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