The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus is a chronic disease that began in service and continuity of symptomatology is established.
The deciding factor: The evidence establishes that the Veteran's tinnitus is due to acoustic trauma and thus is a chronic disease subject to presumptive service connection. The Veteran competently and credibly reported the onset of his tinnitus during service, and the February 2024 examiner opined that the presentation of the Veteran's tinnitus was consistent with noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020557
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