Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss, as secondary to the service-connected tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lay statements regarding his symptoms of chronic tinnitus were found credible and supported by medical evidence. The January 2025 VA examination was deemed inadequate due to its failure to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding his bilateral hearing loss, necessitating a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100051
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