The Veteran's service connection claims for sensorineural hearing loss in both ears are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided were inadequate as they did not consider the possibility of delayed onset of symptoms related to noise exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear, sensorineural hearing loss in the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20069383
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for sensorineural hearing loss in both ears and bilateral tinnitus due to a lack of medical evidence linking these conditions to military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for sensorineural hearing loss in the left ear, finding that symptoms were continuous since service separation and meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under 38 CFR § 3.303(b).
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear are granted. The claim for sensorineural hearing loss in the left ear is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sensorineural hearing loss in the left ear as there is no current disability meeting VA compensation standards.
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