The Board has remanded the case for further development, including providing a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's recurrent tinnitus is related to his service and any service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's recurrent tinnitus is more likely than not etiologically related to his active service or service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1029470
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and recurrent tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on continuous symptoms since active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of various conditions, finding that the appropriate date was September 1, 2023.
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