The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the current level of severity of his service-connected postoperative bilateral foreign bodies, conjunctiva and cornea, as well as determining whether he has ruptured tympanic membranes and if so, whether they are due to noise exposure in service. Service connection for hearing loss and perforated tympanic membranes will also be addressed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims require additional development to ensure that all relevant evidence is considered before a decision can be made on the merits of his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss disability, tympanic membrane perforations
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1436984
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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