Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and kidney stones due to a pre-decisional error in satisfying statutory or regulatory duties.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional errors in obtaining TERA opinions and VA examinations for the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Acquired psychiatric disability, to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Kidney stones
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009747
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