The Board granted service connection for right ear tinnitus, resolving any reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced or approximately so with regard to whether presumptive service connection for right ear tinnitus is warranted, and as such, the benefit of the doubt doctrine applies.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25024904
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right ear tinnitus as it is not etiologically related to the Veteran's active military service.
- Denied
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- Granted
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