Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for additional development, specifically to obtain an addendum medical opinion from a qualified endocrinologist or other specialist regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was caused and/or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
The deciding factor: The Board finds the current evidence insufficient to decide the claim due to deficiencies in previous VA examinations, and remands for an addendum opinion that complies with prior remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25001771
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