The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but remanded claims for right and left hip osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, and TDIU.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the evidence supporting a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current tinnitus. The Board also found that the effects of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities contributed to the onset of his adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088274
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