The Board remands the claims for service connection for bladder cancer and bilateral hearing loss due to inadequate medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The August 2022 VA examination is not adequate to decide the claim, because the VA examiner did not provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's bladder cancer is related to his exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The audiologist provided an unfavorable etiological opinion with respect to bilateral hearing loss based on normal hearing at enlistment and separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011653
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