Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss both before and after May 9, 2017. The Veteran's widow will continue the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board needs additional development, including medical opinions addressing the adequacy of past examinations and the severity of the Veteran's hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25000826
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