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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Decisions by this judge: 1,464 · Granted: 14% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Granted
Service connection for tinnitus and hearing loss disability of the right ear is granted.,The appeal to reopen service connection for hearing loss in the left ear, as well as service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD) are remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hearing loss, tinnitus, respiratory disability, bilateral pes planus, hypertension, and acquired psychiatric disability due to incomplete records and the need for additional examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the Veteran's left foot disability, hearing loss of the left ear, and bilateral tinnitus. The issues have been returned for further development.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death.
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