Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied an initial compensable disability rating for the veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 VA audiological opinion concluded that the Veteran's current tinnitus is at least as likely as not a symptom associated with his service-connected hearing loss, while the September 2023 VA audiologist opined that the Veteran's tinnitus was less likely than not caused by in-service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021536
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