The Veteran's ear drum disability and hearing loss are remanded for further examination to determine if they began during service or are related to an incident of service, including grenade exercises. The Veteran's private medical records must also be obtained.
The deciding factor: The claims require additional evidence due to the need for a VA examination to assess whether the Veteran's ear drum disability and hearing loss are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Ear drum disability, Hearing disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2021
- Citation
- 21070171
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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 has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of an ear drum disability or Meniere's disease, and finds that these conditions are not related to his service. The evidence is against finding any association between his symptoms and his active duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for ear drum disability and remanded the issue of back disability due to lack of current evidence and need for a medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected hearing disability and otitis media, purulent, of the right ear. A separate rating of 10 percent was granted for recurrent tinnitus associated with the service-connected right ear otitis media.
- Denied
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