Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for hearing loss due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's competent lay testimony established a continuity of symptomatology since service, which provided a sufficient basis for granting service connection for tinnitus. The April 2024 VA opinion was found inadequate due to its reliance on outdated standards and failure to consider relevant research.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016220
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