The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with depression, insomnia, and anxiety as secondary to service-connected tinnitus but denied an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and an increased rating for tinnitus. The remaining claims were remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder is proximately due to the service-connected tinnitus, while a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss was not warranted as the degree of disability did not meet VA's criteria for a compensable rating. The remaining claims were remanded due to missing service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depression, insomnia, and anxiety, left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, right ear hearing loss, facial scar, skin lesions, thyroid condition, tumor of the abdomen, tumor of the right arm
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108836
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