Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain a more detailed medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The February 2018 VA opinion was deemed inadequate due to lack of clarification on post-service noise exposure and rationale regarding age-related 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
- March 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25003575
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