Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as well as initial compensable evaluations for both conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an earlier effective date or a higher evaluation due to the lack of new and material evidence within one year of the December 29, 2022 Supplemental Claim, and the maximum schedular rating had already been assigned for tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093016
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