The Board grants entitlement to service connection for tinnitus, but remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a heart condition, hypertension, prostate cancer, and stroke.
The deciding factor: The competent and credible evidence of record persuasively establishes that the Veteran's tinnitus first manifested during active duty service and has been chronic since then. The Board finds the in-service element of the claim is met by his lay statements, noting his in-service exposure to military noise, including noise exposure to weapons fire, planes, rockets, and missiles.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, heart condition (characterized as a heart attack), hypertension, prostate cancer, stroke
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095189
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