Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's bilateral tinnitus, finding no link to in-service noise exposure or qualifying conditions for presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: The sole medical opinion available did not establish a nexus between the veteran's tinnitus and his service, and there was no evidence of tinnitus during service or the first post-service year.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25007000
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