The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination, as the Veteran is incarcerated and unable to provide relevant information.
The deciding factor: VA's duty to assist requires that an interview be conducted with the Veteran if possible to obtain missing information necessary to assess the etiology of his tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18140312
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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 tinnitus, right ear, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military noise exposure.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU is granted effective September 18, 2000.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a private healthcare provider and determining whether the Veteran's PTSD should be recharacterized to include alcohol abuse. The TDIU claim will also be referred to the Director of Compensation and Pension Service for extraschedular consideration.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection of right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic disability manifested as right ear pain have all been granted.
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