Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus, finding a causal relationship between the Veteran's current disability and his military service. The claim for GERD was remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's continuous assertions of in-service noise exposure and the lack of a definitive negative nexus opinion warranted granting service connection for tinnitus, while the GERD claim required further evidence due to an incomplete VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinnitus, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085256
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