The Board granted service connection for recurrent tinnitus and denied the request to reopen a claim for sinusitis / allergic rhinitis. The other claims were remanded.
The deciding factor: Tinnitus was found to be etiologically related to acoustic trauma sustained during active service, while the evidence did not support reopening or granting service connection for the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinusitis / Allergic Rhinitis, Recurrent Tinnitus, Migraine Headaches, Prostate Disorder (claimed as prostate cancer), Skin Cancer, Deformity of the Penis (claimed as secondary to prostate disorder), Right Acromioclavicular Degenerative Joint Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24001378
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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