The Board granted service connection for left knee disability and sinusitis, but denied service connection for tinnitus. The Board also denied increased ratings for psychiatric disability and certain left hip conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the grant of service connection for left knee disability as secondary to service-connected bilateral hip and low back disabilities, and for sinusitis due to in-service onset. However, there was insufficient evidence to support a finding that tinnitus began during active service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, sinusitis, bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108550
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