Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but denied an initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's October 2024 intent to file a claim, which allowed for an earlier effective date than the February 2015 original claim due to the one-year rule post-claim amendment by VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25092310
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