The Veteran is seeking service connection for chronic bilateral tinnitus, which he claims was caused by noise exposure during his military service. The Board has requested additional medical records to support the claim and remands the case for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim requires additional evidence regarding his claimed noise exposure during service and its impact on his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2011
- Citation
- 1127025
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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
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and chronic bilateral tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise that these conditions were incurred during active duty.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic bilateral tinnitus, finding that the veteran's military service is likely to have caused or aggravated his current condition. Service connection was denied for chronic bilateral hearing loss disability due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic bilateral hearing loss disability and chronic tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence of such disabilities during or shortly after active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic post-operative left knee disorder, chronic bilateral hearing loss disability, and chronic bilateral tinnitus. The evidence did not support these claims as they were not shown to have originated during active service.
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