The Board has decided that the Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability should be remanded for further examination and opinion to determine if it is related to service.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not provide the requested opinion regarding whether the Veteran's hearing loss began during active service, manifested within one year after discharge from service, or was noted during service with continuity of symptomatology since service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23043550
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability but denied it for diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient consideration of the Veteran's lay statements regarding his hearing loss symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and conducting additional medical examinations to determine the etiology of his claimed disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability is granted as incurred in service, and the issues of tinnitus, erectile dysfunction, and prostate cancer have been withdrawn.
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