Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for tinnitus, to include as secondary to a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating for hearing loss, while the current medical opinion was inadequate to determine the etiology of the Veteran's tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010810
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