The veteran's appeal is being remanded for the purpose of obtaining VA medical records related to his hearing loss, and then readjudicating the claims.
The deciding factor: VA has a duty to assist in obtaining relevant medical records from VA facilities.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss disability of the left ear, hearing loss disability of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0639163
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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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's current bilateral tinnitus resulted from disease or injury in service, and new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for hearing loss disability of the right ear.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability and residuals of a head injury, finding that the pre-existing conditions were not aggravated by the veteran's active duty.
- Granted
The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to assess the veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus, which are currently service-connected. The veteran will also receive proper VCAA notification.
- Dismissed
The Board remanded the case for further development, and after that, the AMC granted service connection for the veteran's hearing loss disability of the right ear. However, no appeal was filed.
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