The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical records and a need for further examination. The veteran's hearing loss in the left ear is being reviewed, but service connection will be decided based on the merits of the evidence.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to obtain necessary medical records and conduct an appropriate VA examination to determine the etiology of the veteran's hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss in the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2001
- Citation
- 0108306
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for hearing loss in the left ear, while remanding the claim for hearing loss in the right ear due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for hearing loss in his left ear.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hearing loss in the left ear but denied it for the right ear.
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