Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral flatfeet and remanded the claim for tinnitus, to include as secondary to migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's pre-existing bilateral flatfeet were aggravated by his service. A medical opinion is needed to determine if the Veteran's tinnitus is related to in-service noise exposure or secondary to his service-connected migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral flatfeet, tinnitus, to include as secondary to migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098103
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