Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied it for tinnitus, while remanding the claim for a brain tumor.
The deciding factor: The April 2023 VA examination provided evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's current hearing loss and her in-service noise exposure. However, there was no evidence showing that the Veteran had tinnitus during service or within one year after separation, nor any current diagnosis of tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus, Brain tumor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012094
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