The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral tinnitus, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the condition and the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The greater weight of the evidence was against a finding that the Veteran's bilateral tinnitus was etiologically related to service due to the lack of in-service complaints, absence of a threshold shift in hearing during service, and an opinion from the VA examiner that the condition was less likely than not caused by or a result of service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110633
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