The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral shin splints due to untimely Notices of Disagreement. The claims for acquired psychiatric disorder and hypertension were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to file timely Notices of Disagreement with respect to the denials of service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral shin splints within one year of the respective rating decisions; therefore, these claims are dismissed. The remaining claims were remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral shin splints, acquired psychiatric disorder (also claimed as unspecified depressive disorder and/or anxiety), hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093672
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