Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 16, 2015, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The scope of the Veteran's initial claim for a hearing loss disability should have encompassed his tinnitus as it was raised during the development of his hearing loss claim.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018466
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