The Board granted service connection for recurrent tinnitus, left ankle disability, and left lower ear scar but denied service connection for hair loss. The Board also denied initial compensable ratings for tinea pedis and rhinitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the grant of service connection for recurrent tinnitus, left ankle disability, and left lower ear scar due to in-service onset or continuity of symptoms, while the evidence did not support a finding of current hair loss or initial compensable ratings for tinea pedis and rhinitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent tinnitus, Left ankle disability, Left lower ear scar, Hair loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094408
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 907 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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