Granted
The Board granted the veteran's appeal regarding the timeliness of his Higher-Level Review (HLR) request for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the September 2022 rating decisions constituted an implicit denial of service connection for compensation purposes, making the January 2023 HLR request timely.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007591
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