The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss prior to June 29, 2021, due to incomplete audiometric test results and unclear speech recognition scores.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to lack of full audiometry testing results and clarity on the word list used for speech recognition scores in January 2013 evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2024
- Citation
- 24000019
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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