Dismissed
The appeal for entitlement to service connection for tinnitus was dismissed due to a concurrent election of higher-level review and Board appeal, which is not allowed.
The deciding factor: The decision dismisses the appeal as a matter of law because concurrent elections are prohibited under 38 C.F.R. § 20.201.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095126
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