Partly granted
The Board granted the restoration of a 50 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include insomnia as secondary to tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's insomnia was caused by his service-connected tinnitus, and there was no improvement in his hearing under ordinary conditions of life.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder to Include Insomnia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25022082
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