Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, while remanding the claims for a right knee disability and bilateral hearing loss due to deficiencies in the evidence.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran's tinnitus is etiologically related to his active service, considering his lay statements of symptoms and conceded in-service acoustic trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, right knee disability, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25017820
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