Granted
The Board grants service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's tinnitus is at least as likely as not related to his in-service noise exposure and is a chronic disease that manifested during service and has continued since then.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100672
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