The Board has determined that additional evidentiary development is necessary for the Veteran's claims of service connection for hearing loss in both ears and an initial compensable rating for sensorineural hearing loss in the left ear.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not provide sufficient information to determine if the Veteran currently has a disability of hearing loss in either ear, or to establish the severity level of his service-connected hearing loss in the left ear. Additionally, further examination is needed to determine whether the Veteran's current hearing loss is related to in-service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss in the right ear, Hearing loss in the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19115427
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss based on the severity of his symptoms and the results of a controlled Maryland CNC speech discrimination test together with the average hearing threshold level measured by pure tone audiometry tests.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted TDIU based on these conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's hearing loss in the right ear is granted as service connected. The Board found that it was at least as likely as not that the hearing loss occurred during service.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss in the right ear, finding that it is as likely as not attributable to in-service noise exposure. The appeal was reopened due to new and material evidence submitted since the previous denial.
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