The Board granted an effective date of October 10, 2018 for the award of service connection for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The May 1999 rating decision that denied service connection for tinnitus became final because the Veteran did not appeal or submit new evidence within a year of that decision. The October 2018 rating decision that declined to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus never became final because VA did not notify the Veteran of the decision in accordance with the requirements of 38 C.F.R. § 3.103.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25102780
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