Granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, considering the Veteran as a Persian Gulf War Veteran and finding that his tinnitus is a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the evidence indicating that the Veteran's tinnitus is a medically unexplained multi-symptom illness of unknown etiology during his Persian Gulf War service.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099703
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