Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to obtain a medical opinion addressing secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The September 2024 VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's tinnitus was caused or aggravated by his service-connected non-allergic rhinitis with nasal polyps, and this is necessary to decide the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25100904
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