Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus based on the Veteran's exposure to hazardous noise during active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a current diagnosis of tinnitus and documented hazardous noise exposure during service, leading to a grant of service connection with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088094
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