Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for hypertension and GERD due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a current diagnosis of tinnitus, while there was an error in the duty to assist regarding the other conditions that required additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098080
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