The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as secondary to his service-connected Parry Romberg Syndrome. The VA needs to obtain an adequate nexus opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and whether it is aggravated by his service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous opinions were inadequate due to their reliance on a lack of contemporaneous evidence, particularly for delayed-onset hearing loss. The VA needs to provide an adequate opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and whether it is aggravated by his service-connected Parry Romberg Syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21041104
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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