Partly granted
The Board grants an effective date of March 19, 2023, but no earlier, for the awards of service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus. For the initial disability rating, a 50 percent rating is granted for hearing loss, while tinnitus remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined based on the Veteran's intent to file claim received March 19, 2023, as he continuously pursued his claims within one year of the denial in September 1994.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25012244
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