Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reports of in-service noise exposure were found credible, and the evidence was in equipoise regarding whether her tinnitus was caused by service. The opinion on bilateral hearing loss was deemed inadequate as it did not consider all lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011017
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