Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to ensure a more adequate medical opinion is obtained.
The deciding factor: The May 2023 and August 2023 VA opinions were found inadequate due to various reasons, including failure to provide a synergistic or combined effect analysis as required by the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011212
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