Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and remanded the issue of an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder.
The deciding factor: There is not sufficient evidence relating the Veteran's tinnitus to his military service. The Veteran's STRs are silent for complaints of tinnitus, and the VA medical examination provided a negative nexus opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, other specified trauma and stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25087142
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