The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and need for further examination, including a review of service personnel files and an audiology examination.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service personnel files and lack of audiometry examinations prevent a determination on the issues.
- Claimed conditions
- sensorineural hearing loss of the right ear, high frequency hearing loss of the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0011054
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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