Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, finding no evidence of a current disability and that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for recurrent tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 examination found the Veteran did not have tinnitus, as his symptoms were consistent with transient ear noise in the general population without auditory damage or pathology.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, skin cancer, Parkinson's disease, left upper extremity neuropathy, right upper extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090404
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