Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, effective from the date of claim. The appeal for tinnitus was remanded due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss began during active service and is related to in-service noise exposure; however, the Board found the existing opinions regarding tinnitus to be inadequate and thus remanded the claim for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss disability, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009261
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