Granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus had onset during service as a result of hazardous noise exposure associated with additional duties as a mobility augmentee driver.
The deciding factor: The weight of the probative evidence is in approximate balance, invoking the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine, and the Veteran's lay statements are highly probative regarding the causal connection to in-service hazardous noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103328
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