Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise, supporting a grant of service connection for tinnitus. The August 2023 VA examiner's opinion on hearing loss was found inadequate, necessitating further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019385
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