The Board of Veterans' Appeals has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and bilateral pes planus due to insufficient evidence regarding the dates of service-connected duty status and the specific incidents that may have caused these conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on a lack of clear information about when the Appellant was in active or inactive duty training (ACDUTRA/INACDUTRA) during his claimed incident, which could affect the determination of service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Bilateral Pes Planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18143019
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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
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
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