The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and a left shoulder disability, but denied service connection for a back disability, skin disorder, and bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the grant of service connection for tinnitus due to its onset within one year of service and no intercurrent causes. For the left shoulder, the evidence was in approximate balance as to whether it began during service and persisted since then, but the VA examiner's opinion against a nexus was given reduced probative value.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, left shoulder disability (strain), back disability (lumbosacral strain), skin disorder (tinea versicolor), bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100791
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