Dismissed
The appeal for service connection and increased rating for tinnitus, as well as the effective date claim, was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.
The deciding factor: The appellant's Notice of Disagreement was not timely submitted within one year of the January 2024 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss disability, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098911
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