Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 19, 2016 for the award of service connection for tinnitus and June 18, 2019 for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were considered contemporaneous with their respective dates of submission, and the evidence supported a grant of service connection based on direct service incurrence.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095233
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