Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for left ear hearing loss due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise, supporting a grant of service connection for tinnitus. The August 2023 VA examiner's opinion did not fully account for the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and recurrence of symptoms, making it of limited probative value.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107353
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