Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to correct a pre-decisional error in not obtaining a VA addendum medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate due to reliance on the absence of in-service evidence and failure to consider the Veteran's lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010511
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