The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in a previous opinion regarding service connection for bilateral hearing loss, which is secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not convert the August 1968 audiometric results from ASA units to ISO units and failed to address whether the Veteran's hearing loss was aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20074339
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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