Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss prior to April 27, 2022 and service connection for peripheral vascular disease and obstructive sleep apnea due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain outstanding VA treatment records and additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of the conditions in question.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Peripheral vascular disease (PVD), Obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25003753
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