The Board granted service connection for depression but denied service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a medical nexus between the Veteran's military noise exposure and his current tinnitus or hearing loss, but there was an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding whether there is a medical nexus between the Veteran's military service and his current depression, leading to its grant with the benefit of the doubt.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009308
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