Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus due to a lack of evidence supporting a link between the condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: The December 2023 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's tinnitus was less likely than not incurred in or caused by in-service noise exposure, and the Board found the examiner's opinion more persuasive than the Veteran's lay statements due to their internal consistency and lack of contemporaneous evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110678
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