Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms were chronic in service and warranting presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: The December 2022 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's tinnitus was due to noise exposure during service because his military records indicated changes in his hearing threshold between enlistment and separation that suggested exposure to hazardous noise.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011398
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