Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and restored the 10 percent rating for a deviated nasal septum, while denying a compensable rating for a frontal scalp scar.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his exposure to hazardous noise during active service. The reduction of the rating for the deviated septum from 10 percent to noncompensable was not proper due to insufficient evidence of sustained improvement.
- Claimed conditions
- frontal scalp scar, tinnitus, deviated nasal septum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009957
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