The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient consideration of the Veteran's lay statements regarding his hearing loss symptoms.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not consider the Veteran's lay report of chronic and continuous symptoms since service, which is crucial for establishing a nexus between current disability and 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
- February 5, 2024
- Citation
- 24006173
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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.
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 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.
- 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is granted as incurred in service, and the issues of tinnitus, erectile dysfunction, and prostate cancer have been withdrawn.
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