Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and a headache disability, but denied service connection for a skin rash of the upper back/tinea versicolor.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported chronicity and continuity of symptoms for hearing loss and headaches, leading to presumptive service connection. The preexisting tinea versicolor was not aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, skin rash of the upper back/tinea versicolor, headache disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25003562
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