Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus as there was no evidence of the condition during or after service, and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to an unreliable VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a current diagnosis of tinnitus, and the April 2023 VA examination could not be performed due to reliability issues.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009530
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