Service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, and migraine headaches prior to February 14, 2019 is denied.,The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are currently rated as 30 percent disabling prior to February 14, 2019.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the Veteran's tinnitus began in service or during a presumptive period and is not otherwise related to his active duty. The VA examiner found no nexus between the Veteran's current tinnitus and military noise exposure.,The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability was not shown as chronic in service, did not manifest to a compensable degree within a presumptive period, and was not noted in service with attributable continuity of symptomatology. Additionally, the evidence persuasively weighs against a nexus to in-service noise exposure or a service-connected disability.,The Veteran's migraine headaches prior to February 14, 2019 are rated as 30 percent disabling under Diagnostic Code 8100 due to characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average once a month over the last several months.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2024
- Citation
- 24010497
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