Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and depressive disorder with anxious distress secondary to tinnitus due to an incomplete medical examination.
The deciding factor: The June 2022 VA examiner's opinion is deemed inadequate as it did not address certain aspects of the Veteran's claim, including the accuracy of the whispered voice test used in his separation examination and whether there is support for delayed onset hearing loss or tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus, Depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010758
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