The Board has remanded both claims due to the need for a supplemental VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran's right ear hearing loss disability is aggravated by his service-connected left ear hearing loss disability. The claims are also inextricably intertwined and must be addressed together.
The deciding factor: The claims require further clarification on whether the Veteran's right ear hearing loss disability is aggravated by his service-connected left ear hearing loss disability, necessitating a supplemental VA opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Defective hearing of the left ear, Defective hearing of the right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2011
- Citation
- 1122258
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's defective hearing in the left ear is at least as likely as not related to exposure to acoustic trauma during military service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's defective hearing of the left ear is due to injury incurred in service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected otitis media and defective hearing of the left ear. The claim for service connection for defective hearing of the right ear was also denied due to a lack of communication on the issue after the RO's October 1996 decision.
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