Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, status post tumor resection for bladder cancer, heart disability, and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The claims were also remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of a current diagnosis of tinnitus or a relationship between the Veteran's service and his bladder cancer, heart condition, or hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, status post tumor resection for bladder cancer, heart disability, to include atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, hypertensive heart disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease), and sudden cardiac death caused by arrythmia, bilateral hearing loss (BHL), malignant neoplasm with squamosa cell carcinoma of the vocal cord associated with TERA, hypothyroidism with chronic constipation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090154
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