The Board granted service connection for tinnitus due to an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding its onset in service. The claim for hemorrhoids was remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's tinnitus had its onset in service, warranting a grant of service connection under the benefit-of-the-doubt standard. The Board found insufficient evidence to connect the Veteran's current hemorrhoids to his military service and remanded for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107371
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